fragilité

fragility

noun frah-zhee-lee-TEH Rare

Origin: Latin fragilitas, from fragilis 'breakable'

Also means

frailty

Usage Note

Fragilité covers both physical delicacy (the fragility of glass) and emotional or psychological vulnerability. The adjective fragile is the same in French and English. A useful phrase is la fragilité de l'équilibre ('the fragility of the balance'), common in political and ecological writing.

Examples

"La fragilité du vase m'inquiète."

Natural Translation

The fragility of the vase worries me.

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