flébile

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flēbilis, from fleo (“to cry”). Doublet of faible, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fle.bil/

Adjective

flébile (plural flébiles)

1. (rare, literary) whiny, doleful

Further reading

• “flébile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.