fraile

English

Adjective

fraile

Obsolete spelling of frail

Anagrams

A-lifer, failer, farlie, ferial

Old French

Alternative forms

fraelle
fraille
frale

freille
frelle
fresle

Etymology

From Latin fragilis. Compare the borrowed term fragile.

Adjective

fraile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fraile)

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
Singular	Oblique	fraile	fraile	fraile
Plural	Subject	fraile	frailes	fraile
Plural	Oblique	frailes	frailes	fraile

Descendants

English: frail (borrowed)
French: frêle

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan fraire, from Latin frater.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɾaile/, [ˈfɾai̯le]

Noun

fraile m (plural frailes)

friar

Synonyms

fray

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