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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Friable \Fri"a*ble\, a. [L. friabilis, fr. friare to rub, break,
     or crumble into small pieces, cf. fricare to rub, E. fray:
     cf. F. friable.]
     Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder. ``Friable
     ground.'' --Evelyn. ``Soft and friable texture.'' --Paley. --
     Fri'a*ble*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Friable \Fri"a*ble\, a. [L. friabilis, fr. friare to rub, break,
     or crumble into small pieces, cf. fricare to rub, E. fray:
     cf. F. friable.]
     Easily crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder. ``Friable
     ground.'' --Evelyn. ``Soft and friable texture.'' --Paley. --
     Fri'a*ble*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  friable
       adj 1: easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder;
              "friable sandstone"; "friable carcinomatous tissue";
              "friable curds formed in the stomach"
       2: (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency;
          "light sandy soil" [syn: light, sandy]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  friable
     Γαλλικά a.
     εύθρυπτος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  friable
     French a.
     1 crumbly
     2 crummy, pitiful
     Spanish a.
     (l en friable), crumbly

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  friable
     a.
     1 Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder.
     2 (lb en of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency.
     3 (lb en of poison poisons) Likely to crumble and become airborne,
  thus becoming a health risk
     4 (lb en math of a number) smooth: that factors completely into small
  prime numbers.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  friable
     French a.
     1 crumbly
     2 crummy, pitiful
     Spanish a.
     (l en friable), crumbly

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  friable
     French a.
     1 crumbly
     2 crummy, pitiful
     Spanish a.
     (l en friable), crumbly

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Friable /fɹɪəblˈɛ/
  هشّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  friable //ˈfɹaɪəbl̩// 
  1. ронлив, трошлив
  easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
  2. рохкав, сипкав
  loose and large-grained in consistency

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  friable /fɹɪəblˈɛ/
  drolivý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  friable /fɹɪəblˈɛ/
  bröcklig, bröckelig, krümelig, bröselig, brüchig 
     Synonyms: fragile, shredded
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  friable /fɹɪəblˈɛ/
  nichtbindig 
     Synonyms: cohesionless, uncohesive, incoherent
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  friable /fɹɪəblˈɛ/
  
  εύθρυπτος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  friable //ˈfɹaɪəbl̩// 
  1. hauras, hapero
  easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder
  2. irtonainen
  loose and large-grained in consistency

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  friable /fɹɪəblˈɛ/ 
  1. सरलता~से~चू~चूर~होने~वाला
        "The land here has firable soil."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  friable /fɹɪəblˈɛ/
  trošan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  friable /fɹɪəblˈɛ/
  1. morzsolódó
  2. omlós
  3. porló

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  friable /fɹɪəblˈɛ/
  1. kolay ufalanabilir, kolay ezilir, gevrek. friabil'ity, fri'ableness  gevreklik, çabuk ufalanma.

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  friable /fʁiˈabl/
  bruzhunaus, bruzhunek, amur

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  friable /fʁi.jabl/ 
  friabile
  Qui peut aisément être réduit en poudre

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "friable":
     breakable, brittle, brittle as glass, crackable, crimp, crisp,
     crispy, crumbly, crump, crushable, delicate, fissile, flimsy,
     fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, lacerable, pulverizable,
     pulverulent, scissile, shatterable, shattery, shivery, splintery,
     triturable, vulnerable
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 易碎的,易成粉末的,脆弱的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 易碎的,易成粉末的,脆弱的

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