frêle

Inherited from Middle French fresle, from Old French fraisle, byform of fraile, inherited from Latin fragilis. Doublet of fragile.

• IPA^(key): /fʁɛl/, /fʁɛːl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Homophone: frêles

frêle (plural frêles)

1. frail

• “frêle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• fêler