frale – Italian adjective declension

Italian adjective forms of frale

Adjective: frale

Hyphenation: frà‧le
Singular m.frale
Singular f.frale
Plural m.frali
Plural f.frali

Sample Sentences

  • l'anima era tutta data nel pensare di questa gentilissima, ond'io divenni in picciolo tempo poi di sì frale e debole condizione, che a molti amici pesava della mia vista (My soul was focused in thinking about this fairest one, and shortly thereafter my condition became so fragile and weak that many of my friends had trouble watching it) [c. 1294, Dante Alighieri, La Vita Nuova [The New Life], Venice: Antonelli editrice, published 1865, page 9:]

Etymology

From Latin fragilis, probably through Old French fraile. See: Latin Adjectives 'fragilis'.

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