Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fragility

/fɹəˈd͡ʒɪlɪti/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.98 in modern English

Syllables: fragili-ty
IPA: /fɹəˈd͡ʒɪlɪti/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Weakness; feebleness.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Liability to error and sin; frailty.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […]."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French fragilité, from Latin fragilitās. Doublet of frailty. Morphologically fragile + -ity.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: fragilité, fragilitās
Suffix: fragile

Usage

Inflected Forms

fragilities (plural)

Derived Forms

antifragility infragility osmofragility

Phrases

black fragility fragility test skin fragility syndrome white fragility

Synonyms

fragileness delicacy breakability frangibleness frangibility

Rhymes With

responsibility utility availability capability mobility flexibility reliability fertility hostility volatility nobility feasibility

Questions

How do you pronounce fragility?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɹəˈd͡ʒɪlɪti/.
What does fragility mean?: The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
Where does fragility come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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