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Latin
Etymology
From friāre, friō (“to crumble”) + -bilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
friābilis (neuter friābile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- friable, easily crumbled or broken into pieces
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Descendants
References
- “friabilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- friabilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.