flexible
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“I bend, curve”). Compare French flexible.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
flexible (comparative more flexible, superlative most flexible)
- Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; not stiff or brittle.
- When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. -William Shakespeare
- Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering.
- Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. -Francis Bacon.
- Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. -William Shakespeare
- Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.
- This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. -Rogers.
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
easily bent without breaking
|
easy and compliant
|
capable or being adapted or molded
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
[edit] See also
[edit] Noun
flexible (plural flexibles)
- (chiefly engineering and manufacturing) Something that is flexible
- 2009 August 19, Terry McCrann, “Win-win deal for the times”, Herald Sun:
- Alcan is mostly flexibles -- and so it boosts Amcor's flexible packaging business to a globally significant $7 billion one.
- 2009 August 19, Terry McCrann, “Win-win deal for the times”, Herald Sun:
[edit] References
- flexible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
flexible on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
flexibility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:flexibility
[edit] Catalan
[edit] Etymology
From Latin flexibilis.
[edit] Adjective
flexible m. (feminine flexible, masculine plural flexibles, feminine plural flexibles)
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Latin flexibilis.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
flexible (epicene, plural flexibles)
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology
From Latin flexibilis, from flectō "I bend, curve".
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /flekˈsi.βle/
[edit] Adjective
flexible m. and f. (plural flexibles)
- flexible (all senses)
[edit] Related terms
Categories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English adjectives
- English nouns
- en:Engineering
- en:Manufacturing
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan words suffixed with -ible
- Catalan adjectives
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms with homophones
- French adjectives
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish adjectives