FromLate Latinvulnerābilis(“injurious, wounding”), fromLatinvulnerō(“I wound”).
vulnerable (comparativemorevulnerable,superlativemostvulnerable)
- More or most likely to beexposed to the chance of beingattacked orharmed, either physically or emotionally.
1925,F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 1, inThe Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.:Charles Scribner’s Sons, published1953,→ISBN,→OCLC:In my younger and morevulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. ‘Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’
2013 July 19,Mark Tran, “Denied an education by war”, inThe Guardian Weekly, volume189, number 6, page 1:One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularlyvulnerable to sexual violence.
You arevulnerable to be bullied by someone at school.
- Open todisclosing one's inner thoughts and feelings, actingin spite of one'sinstinct toself-preservation.
It's okay to getvulnerable every now and again.
- (computing) More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.
avulnerable PC with no antivirus software
- (of a language or species) at moderate risk ofextinction though not quiteendangered.
exposed to attack
- Arabic:عرضة,عُرْضَة لِلْجَرْح(ʕurḍa(t) liljarḥ),هَشّ(hašš),ضَعِيْف(ḍaʕiyf)
- Armenian:խոցելի (hy)(xocʻeli)
- Basque:zaurgarri
- Belarusian:уразлі́вы(urazlívy)
- Bulgarian:уязви́м (bg)(ujazvím)
- Catalan:vulnerable (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:脆弱的 (zh)(cuìruò de),敏感的 (zh)(mǐngǎn de),易損的 /易损的(yìsǔn de),弱勢的 /弱势的 (zh)(ruòshì de)
- Czech:zranitelný m
- Danish:sårbar
- Dutch:kwetsbaar (nl)
- Esperanto:vundebla
- Faroese:viðbrekin
- Finnish:haavoittuvainen (fi),herkkä (fi)
- French:vulnérable (fr)
- Galician:vulnerable (gl)
- Georgian:დაუცველი(daucveli),მოწყვლადი(moc̣q̇vladi)
- German:verletzlich (de),verwundbar (de),empfindlich (de)
- Greek:ευάλωτος (el)(eválotos)
- Hebrew:פגיע(pagía`)
- Hungarian:sebezhető (hu),sérülékeny (hu),veszélyeztetett (hu),fenyegetett (hu),támadható (hu)
- Icelandic:særanlegur,viðkvæmur (is)
- Indonesian:rentan (id)
- Irish:soghonta
- Italian:vulnerabile (it)
- Japanese:傷つきやすい(kizutsuki-yasui),脆い (ja)(もろい, moroi),弱い (ja)(よわい, yowai)
- Khmer:ដែលងាយធ្វើអោយឈឺចាប់(dael ngiey tvəə aoy cʰɨɨ cap)
- Korean:약한(yakhan)
- Latin:forābilis
- Lithuanian:pažeidžiamas
- Macedonian:ра́нлив(ránliv)
- Manx:so-lhottey
- Maori:pānekeneke
- Mongolian:please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:sårbar (no)
- Persian:آسیبپذیر (fa)(âsib-pazir)
- Polish:wrażliwy (pl),bezbronny (pl)
- Portuguese:vulnerável (pt)
- Romanian:vulnerabil (ro)
- Russian:уязви́мый (ru)(ujazvímyj),рани́мый (ru)(ranímyj)
- Serbo-Croatian:рањив(ranjiv),rànjiv (sh)
- Sicilian:vurniràbbili
- Slovak:zraniteľný
- Slovene:ranljiv
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian:zranjobny
- Spanish:vulnerable (es)
- Swedish:sårbar (sv),utsatt (sv)
- Thai:please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian:ура́зливий(urázlyvyj),уразли́вий(urazlývyj)
- Vietnamese:dễtổn thương
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FromLate Latinvulnerābilis.
vulnerable m orf (masculine and feminine pluralvulnerables)
- vulnerable
- Antonym:invulnerable
FromLate Latinvulnerābilis, fromLatinvulnerō(“I wound”).
vulnerable m orf (pluralvulnerables)
- vulnerable
Borrowed fromLate Latinvulnerābilis, fromLatinvulnerō(“to wound”).
- IPA(key): /bulneˈɾable/[bul.neˈɾa.β̞le]
- Rhymes:-able
- Syllabification:vul‧ne‧ra‧ble
vulnerable m orf (masculine and feminine pluralvulnerables)
- vulnerable
