Canadian French Meaning of frail

frêle

Other Canadian French words related to frêle

Definitions and Meaning of frail in English

Wordnet

frail (n)

the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds

a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)

Wordnet

frail (a)

physically weak

Wordnet

frail (s)

wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

easily broken or damaged or destroyed

Webster

frail (n.)

A basket made of rushes, used chiefly for containing figs and raisins.

The quantity of raisins -- about thirty-two, fifty-six, or seventy-five pounds, -- contained in a frail.

A rush for weaving baskets.

Webster

frail (superl)

Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish; easily destroyed; not tenacious of life; weak; infirm.

Tender.

Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; also, unchaste; -- often applied to fallen women.

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frêle

the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds, a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs), physically weak

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fraight => fret, fragrant woodsia => Not Given, fragrant wood fern => polypode odorant, fragrant water lily => Nénuphar odorant, fragrant sumac => Sumac odorant,