Fragility — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

quality of being easily damaged or destroyed

lack of physical strength

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fɹædʒˈɪlᵻɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/fɹadʒˈɪlɪti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fɹadʒˈɪlɪti/

4 syllables Say it as /fɹædʒˈɪlᵻɾi/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

frangibility breakability frangibleness delicacy

Word Forms

fragile	adjective	easily broken or damaged or destroyed
breakable	adjective	capable of being broken or damaged
frangible	adjective	capable of being broken

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Zerbrechlichkeit

Eigenschaft, leicht beschädigt oder zerstört zu werden

🇫🇷French

fragilité

qualité d'être facilement endommagé ou détruit

🇪🇸Spanish

fragilidad

cualidad de ser fácilmente dañado o destruido

🇮🇹Italian

fragilità

qualità di essere facilmente danneggiato o distrutto

🇳🇱Dutch

breekbaarheid

kwaliteit dat het gemakkelijk beschadigd of vernield kan worden

🇵🇹Portuguese

fragilidade

qualidade de ser facilmente danificado ou destruído

🇷🇺Russian

хрупкость

свойство легко повредить или уничтожить

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भंगुरता

आसानी से क्षतिग्रस्त या नष्ट होने की गुणवत्ता

🇧🇩Bengali

ভঙ্গুরতা

সহজেই ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত বা ধ্বংস হওয়ার গুণমান

🇮🇳Tamil

பலவீனம்

எளிதில் சேதமடைந்த அல்லது அழிக்கப்படும் தரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

దుర్బలత్వం

సులభంగా దెబ్బతిన్న లేదా నాశనం చేసే నాణ్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

नाजूकपणा

सहज नुकसान किंवा नष्ट होण्याची गुणवत्ता

🇮🇳Gujarati

નાજુકતા

સરળતાથી નુકસાન અથવા નાશ પામવાની ગુણવત્તા

🇮🇳Kannada

ದುರ್ಬಲತೆ

ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಹಾನಿಗೊಳಗಾಗುವ ಅಥವಾ ನಾಶವಾಗುವ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദുർബലത

എളുപ്പത്തിൽ കേടുവരുത്തുകയോ നശിപ്പിക്കുകയോ ചെയ്യുന്ന ഗുണനിലവാരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰੀ

ਆਸਾਨੀ ਨਾਲ ਨੁਕਸਾਨ ਜਾਂ ਨਸ਼ਟ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

نزاکت

آسانی سے خراب یا تباہ ہونے کا معیار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

脆弱性

容易损坏或毁坏的品质

🇯🇵Japanese

脆弱性

簡単に損傷または破壊されやすい性質

🇰🇷Korean

취약성

쉽게 손상되거나 파괴되는 성질

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự mong manh

chất lượng dễ bị hư hỏng hoặc bị phá hủy

🇹🇭Thai

ความเปราะบาง

คุณภาพของความเสียหายหรือถูกทำลายได้ง่าย

🇮🇩Indonesian

kerapuhan

kualitasnya mudah rusak atau hancur

🇵🇭Filipino

karupukan

kalidad ng pagiging madaling masira o masira

🇲🇾Malay

kerapuhan

kualiti mudah rosak atau musnah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هشاشة

جودة التعرض للتلف أو التدمير بسهولة

🇮🇷Persian

شکنندگی

کیفیتی که به راحتی آسیب می بیند یا از بین می رود

🇹🇷Turkish

kırılganlık

kolayca hasar görme veya yok edilme kalitesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

שְׁבִירוּת

איכות של פגיעה או הרס בקלות

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