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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfriabile
Pronunciation / Transliteration: friabile
"Il terreno è friabile e facile da lavorare."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Easily crumbled or crushed into small pieces.
"The soil was dry and friable, ideal for planting seeds."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin friabilis, from friare 'to crumble'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "friable" is said worldwide
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friable
Transliteration: friable
"La roche est friable et se désintègre facilement."
bröckelig
Transliteration: broeckelig
"Der Boden ist trocken und bröckelig."
friabile
Transliteration: friabile
"Il terreno è friabile e facile da lavorare."
friable
Transliteration: friable
"La roca sedimentaria es bastante friable."
farelento
Transliteration: farelento
"O solo seco estava farelento sob os nossos pés."
भुरभुरा
Transliteration: bhurbhura
"पौधे लगाने के लिए मिट्टी भुरभुरा होनी चाहिए।"
易碎的
Transliteration: yì suì de
"这块岩石质地疏松，非常易碎。"
잘 부서지는
Transliteration: jal buseojineun
"그 흙은 건조하고 잘 부서지는 성질이 있었다."
脆い
Transliteration: moroii
"その土壌はもろくて崩れやすい。"
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