Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

friability

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fri-abil-i-ty
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being friable, or easily broken, crumbled, or reduced to powder; friableness.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From French friabilité.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: friabilité

Usage

Inflected Forms

friabilities (plural)

Synonyms

crumbliness

Antonyms

nonfriability

Questions

What does friability mean?: The quality of being friable, or easily broken, crumbled, or reduced to powder; friableness.
Where does friability come from?: It is traced to French.

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