fraile

== English == === Adjective === fraile Obsolete spelling of frail. === Anagrams === A-lifer, failer, farlie, ferial == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfraj.le/ Rhymes: -ajle Hyphenation: frài‧le === Adjective === fraile m or f by sense (plural fraili) (obsolete) alternative form of frale === Anagrams === Falier, ferali, filare, filerà, refila == Old French == === Alternative forms === frale, fraelle, fraille, fraisle, freille, frelle, fresle === Etymology === Inherited from Latin fragilis. Doublet of fragile. The ⟨s⟩ in the byforms fraisle, fresle is not expected (the development of fraise etc. being due to hiatus, which does not apply here). Probably it was influenced by graisle (“slim”) at the time when preconsonantal /s/ was becoming weak. === Adjective === fraile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular fraile) fragile; frail 11th century, La Vie de Saint Alexis ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: fresle French: frêle → Middle English: fraill English: frail == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Occitan fraire, from Latin frater. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɾaile/ [ˈfɾai̯.le] Rhymes: -aile Syllabification: frai‧le === Noun === fraile m (plural frailes) friar Synonym: fray ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “fraile”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025