frale
Italian
Alternative forms
- fraile (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin fragilis, probably through Old French fraile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfra.le/
- Rhymes: -ale
- Hyphenation: frà‧le
Adjective
frale (plural frali)
- (poetic) frail
- Synonym: fragile
- c. 1294, Dante Alighieri, La Vita Nuova [The New Life], Venice: Antonelli editrice, published 1865, page 9:
- 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
Noun
frale m (plural frali)
- (poetic) the human body
Further reading
- frale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- farle
Middle English
Noun
frale
- Alternative form of frayel