frêle
French, adjective/fʁɛl/
frêle is spelled F-R-Ê-L-E (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frêle is a French adjective meaning “frail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a peu de solidité, de résistance”.
What does frêle mean in English?
adjective
- 1
frail
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a peu de solidité, de résistance. 2. Fragile, instable. 3. De peu d’importance ; menu.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of frêle
- frêles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frêle?
- /fʁɛl/
- /fʁɛːl/
- \fʁɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frêle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frêle in French?
frêle appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).