pliable

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aɪəbəl

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French pliant, from Latin plicare (“fold”).

Adjective

pliable (comparative more pliable, superlative most pliable)

1. soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded

   You will find the clay perfectly pliable as long as it stays fairly moist.

Derived terms

• pliableness
• pliably

Related terms

• pliability
• pliancy
• pliant
• ply

Translations

easily bent or formed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 易彎 (cmn), 易弯 (cmn) (yìwān), 易曲折的 (cmn) (yì qūzhé de)

• Finnish: taipuisa (fi), notkea (fi)
• French: pliable (fr), pliant (fr)
• German: biegsam (de)
• Japanese: 曲げやすい (ja) (まげやすい, mageyasui), しなやかな (ja) (shinayaka na)
• Manx: so-lhoobagh (gv)

• Maori: kōpēpē (mi)
• Polish: giętki (pl)
• Portuguese: maleável, moldável, flexível
• Russian: гибкий (ru) (gíbkij)
• Serbo-Croatian: savitljiv (sh) m, савитљив (sh)
• Slovak: ohybný (sk), tvárny (sk), poddajný (sk)
• Spanish: plegadizo (es) m

External links

• pliable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• pliable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• pliable at OneLook Dictionary Search

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French

Etymology

plier +‎ -able

Adjective

pliable (masculine and feminine, plural pliables)

1. pliable