Flimsy
//ˈflɪmzi//
Translations of "flimsy" (18 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | breekbare(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged) | — | |
| Bulgarian | крехък(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), слаб(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), чуплив(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), пелюр(thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document; sheet of such paper) | krehǎk, slab, čupliv, peljur | |
| Czech | chabý(of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak), chatrný(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), chatrný(of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak), křehký(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged) | — | |
| Danish | skrøbelig(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), spinkel(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), svag(of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak), tynd(of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak), gennemslagspapir(thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document; sheet of such paper) | — | |
| Dutch | breekbaar(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged) | — | |
| Finnish | hatara(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), hatara(of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak), heppoinen(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), heppoinen(of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak), niukka(of clothing: very light and thin), kanisteri(metal container used by the British Army during World War II to hold fuel), läpilyöntipaperi(thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document; sheet of such paper), läpilyöntipaperi(document printed or typed on such paper), hataroittaa(to make (something) likely to be easily damaged), kirjoittaa läpilyöntipaperille(to type or write (text) on a flimsy) | — | |
| French | faible(of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak), fragile(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), fragile(of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak), frêle(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), calque(thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document; sheet of such paper), papier calque(thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document; sheet of such paper) | — | |
| German | dünn(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), dünn(of clothing: very light and thin), fadenscheinig(of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak), hauchdünn(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), leicht(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), schwach(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), zart(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), zerbrechlich(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged) | — | |
| Irish | páipéar tanaí(thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document; sheet of such paper) | — | |
| Latin | fragilis(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged) | — | |
| Māori | kopī(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), kōpīpī(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), marore(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | spinkel(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | spinkel(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged) | — | |
| Plautdietsch | pukrich(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged) | — | |
| Portuguese | frágil(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), receoso(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), trémulo(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged) | — | |
| Russian | хлипкий(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), хру́пкий(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged) | xlipkij, xrúpkij | |
| Serbo-Croatian | krhak(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), slab(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), slab(of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak), traljav(of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak), pelir(thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document; sheet of such paper) | — | |
| Spanish | caedizo(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), cañinque(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), enclenque(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), endeble(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), endeble(of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak), pobre(of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak), poco sólido(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), poco sólido(of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak), tembleque(likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged), tembleque(of an argument, explanation, etc.: ill-founded, unconvincing, weak — see also unconvincing, weak), papel cebolla(thin typing paper used together with carbon paper in a typewriter to make multiple copies of a document; sheet of such paper) | — |
breekbare
chabý, chatrný, chatrný, křehký
skrøbelig, spinkel, svag, tynd, gennemslagspapir
breekbaar
hatara, hatara, heppoinen, heppoinen, niukka, kanisteri, läpilyöntipaperi, läpilyöntipaperi, hataroittaa, kirjoittaa läpilyöntipaperille
faible, fragile, fragile, frêle, calque, papier calque
dünn, dünn, fadenscheinig, hauchdünn, leicht, schwach, zart, zerbrechlich
páipéar tanaí
fragilis
kopī, kōpīpī, marore
spinkel
spinkel
pukrich
frágil, receoso, trémulo
krhak, slab, slab, traljav, pelir
caedizo, cañinque, enclenque, endeble, endeble, pobre, poco sólido, poco sólido, tembleque, tembleque, papel cebolla
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