malléable

See also: malleable

French

Etymology

From Latin malleus (“hammer”) + -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.le.abl/

Adjective

malléable (plural malléables)

1. malleable (able to be hammered into thin sheets)
2. (figuratively) malleable, easily influenced

   Near-synonyms: manipulable, influençable

Further reading

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