breakable

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈbɹeɪkəbəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #56783

Meanings

1

adj
Easily broken or damaged.

Please wrap the breakable items carefully before you put them in the box.
2

noun
A fragile object that breaks easily.

We packed all the breakables separately so they would survive the move.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

fragile frangible

Opposites

unbreakable

Word family

Derived forms breakablenessbreakablynonbreakable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der. Proto-Germanic *brekaną Proto-West Germanic *brekan Old English brecan Middle English breken English break Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English breakable From break + -able.

Topics

Describing Qualities

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# breakable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈbɹeɪkəbəl/
**Frequency rank:** 56783

## Meanings
1. Easily broken or damaged.
2. A fragile object that breaks easily.

## Examples
- Please wrap the breakable items carefully before you put them in the box.
- We packed all the breakables separately so they would survive the move.

## Synonyms
- fragile
- frangible

## Antonyms
- unbreakable

## Derived Forms
- breakableness
- breakably
- nonbreakable

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der. Proto-Germanic *brekaną Proto-West Germanic *brekan Old English brecan Middle English breken English break Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English breakable From break + -able.

## AI Etymology
Breakable comes from break + -able. Breakable's historical chain begins with Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- and Proto-Germanic *brekaną and later passes through Latin -ābilis, Old French -able, Middle English -able, English -able, English breakable.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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