fraile

English

Adjective

fraile

  1. Obsolete spelling of frail

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms
  • freille
  • frelle
  • fresle

Etymology

From Latin fragilis. Compare the borrowed term fragile.

Adjective

fraile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fraile)

  1. fragile; frail
    • 11th century, La Vie de Saint Alexis
      Vielz est e frailes, tot s’en vait declinant
      It is old and frail, everything keeps declining

Declension
Declension of fraile
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject frailes fraile fraile
Oblique fraile fraile fraile
Plural Subject fraile frailes fraile
Oblique frailes frailes fraile

Descendants

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan fraire, from Latin frater.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾaile/, [ˈfɾai̯le]

Noun

fraile m (plural frailes)

  1. friar

Synonyms
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