pliant
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -aɪənt
Etymology [edit]
From Old French pliant.
Adjective [edit]
pliant (comparative more pliant, superlative most pliant)
- Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax.
- (figuratively) Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart.
Translations [edit]
Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking
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Easily influenced for good or evil
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French [edit]
Verb [edit]
pliant
- Present participle of plier.
Adjective [edit]
pliant m (feminine pliante, masculine plural pliants, feminine plural pliantes)
- pliant
- Sa mère a acheté un vélo pliant. - His mother bought a folding bicycle.
