brittle

Etymology
From, , , from , ; equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 1) Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact.
 * Cast iron is much more brittle than forged iron.
 * A diamond is hard but brittle.
 * 1) Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
 * Shortbread is my favorite cold pastry, yet being so brittle it crumbles easily, and a lot goes to waste.
 * 1)  Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
 * 2) Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
 * What a brittle personality! A little misunderstanding and he's an emotional wreck.
 * 1)  Poorly error- or fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a relatively-minor malfunction or deviance.
 * 2)  Diabetes that is characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.
 * 1)  Diabetes that is characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 易碎的，易损坏的
 * Czech:, lámavý
 * Danish: skrøbelig, skør
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , bröckelig, , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: καπυρός, κραῦρος, ψαθυρός
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: brothætt
 * Irish: aibrisc, briosc
 * Italian:
 * Latin: fragosus
 * Macedonian: кр́шлив, кре́вок, тро́шлив
 * Manx: so-vrishey
 * Maori: kōtihetihe, mōwhaki, mōwhakiwhaki, waipawa
 * Norman: brouyi, câsuel
 * Norwegian: sprø, skjør
 * Plautdietsch: brosch
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: frush
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: крихкий, ламкий
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, krümelig, , , bröckelig, , bröslig, , zerreibbar
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κραῦρος
 * Irish: aibrisc, briosc
 * Macedonian: кр́шлив
 * Ottoman Turkish: یوفقه
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech: přecitlivělý,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , herkkätunteinen
 * German:, , ,
 * Macedonian: чувстви́телен, о́сетлив
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: (first "в" (v) is silent),, ,
 * Ukrainian: чутливий
 * Welsh:

Noun

 * 1) A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.
 * 2)  Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.
 * 1)  Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.

Translations

 * Danish: krokant
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: krokan
 * Nynorsk: krokan
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1)  To become brittle.
 * 2)  To gut.
 * 1)  To gut.
 * 1)  To gut.