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frangible

/ˈfɹæn(d)ʒɪb(ə)l/ UK
/ˈfɹænd͡ʒəbəl/ US

Rhymes with -ændʒɪbəl

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From Late Middle English frangible, frangibil, from Middle French frangible, or from Medieval Latin frangibilis, from Latin frangere (from frangō (“to break, shatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”)) + -ibilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon).

adjective more frangible · most frangible

Able to be broken; breakable, fragile. A certain learned and curious Author gives us the following Characters or Properties of Glaſs, whereby it is diſtinguiſh'd from all other Bodies, viz. […] That it is frangible when thin, without annealing.
Similar: fragmentable

Opposite: infrangible, indestructible, nonbrittle, unbreakable, unfragile, unfrangible

noun frangibles

Something that is breakable or fragile; especially something that is intentionally made so, such as a bullet. For extreme close range training, frangible bullets – those that disintegrate on hitting a hard target – are available. I have found the Winchester frangible loads especially suitable to high-volume training with the 9mm pistol. Frangibles are intended to give peace officers real safety when trainin

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adjective

Opposite: infrangible, indestructible, nonbrittle, unbreakable, unfragile, unfrangible

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adj able to be broken

Español	frangible
Português	frangível
Français	frangible
Italiano	frangibile

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@misc{frangible_2026,
  title = {frangible},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/frangible},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}