flexible

English

A flexible tube

A flexible display

A flexible gymnast

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) flexibilis, from (deprecated template usage) flectō. Compare French (deprecated template usage) flexible.

Adjective

flexible (comparative more flexible, superlative most flexible)

1. 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

2. 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

3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language.

   This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. -Rogers.

Synonyms

• bendsome
• ductile
• inconstant
• manageable

• obsequious
• pliant
• pliable

• supple
• tractable
• wavering

Derived terms

• flexibly
• flexibileness

Related terms

• flexibility
• inflexible

Translations

easily bent without breaking

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• Armenian: ճկուն (čkun)
• Asturian: flexible
• Azeri: esnek
• Bulgarian: гъвкав (gǎvkav)
• Catalan: flexible
• Cherokee: ᏩᏂᎨ (wanige)
• Czech: ohebný m
• Danish: fleksibel n, smidig
• Dutch: buigzaam (nl)
• Esperanto: fleksebla
• Estonian: paindlik
• Finnish: joustava
• French: flexible (fr)
• Galician: flexible, flexíbel
• German: biegsam, flexibel (de), elastisch (de), dehnbar
• Greek: εύκαμπτος (el) n (éfkamptos)
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• Hindi: लचीला m (lacīlā)
• Hungarian: hajlékony (hu)
• Icelandic: sveigjanlegur (is)
• Irish: aclaí, solúbtha
• Italian: flessibile (it), pieghevole
• Japanese: 柔軟な (jūnan'na)
• Khmer: អាចបត់បែនបាន (aac bɑt baen baa nɔɔ)
• Latin: flexibilis
• Manx: so-lhoobey
• Norwegian: fleksibel
• Portuguese: flexível (pt)
• Romanian: flexibil n
• Russian: гибкий (ru) (gíbkij)
• Scottish Gaelic: lùbach
• Spanish: flexible
• Turkish: esneklik (tr)
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easy and compliant

• Arabic: مرن (marin)
• Armenian: զիջող (ziǰoġ)
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• Bulgarian: податлив (podatliv)
• Catalan: flexible
• Danish: fleksibel, føjelig
• Dutch: flexibel (nl)
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• Finnish: joustava
• French: flexible (fr)
• German: fügsam, flexibel (de), elastisch (de), nachgiebig (de)
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• Greek: ευέλικτος (el) (evéliktos)
• Hungarian: alkalmazkodó (hu)
• Icelandic: sveigjanlegur (is)
• Irish: aclaí, solúbtha
• Italian: flessibile (it)
• Khmer: អាចបត់បែនបាន (aac bɑt baen baa nɔɔ)
• Latin: flexibilis
• Manx: so-lhoobey
• Oriya: ନମନୀୟ (or) (namanīẏa)
• Portuguese: flexível
• Russian: покладистый (ru) (pokládistyj)
• Turkish: elastik (tr)

capable or being adapted or molded

• Armenian: ճկուն (čkun)
• Bulgarian: приспособяващ се (prisposobjavašt se)
• Catalan: flexible
• Dutch: flexibel (nl)
• Finnish: joustava
• French: flexible (fr), maléable
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• German: flexibel (de), dehnbar, weich (de)
• Hungarian: rugalmas (hu)
• Icelandic: sveigjanlegur (is)
• Italian: flessibile (it)
• Russian: гибкий (ru) (gíbkij)

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) French: souple (fr)
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• (deprecated template usage) Swedish: flexibel (sv)

See also

• foldable

Noun

flexible (plural flexibles)

1. (deprecated template usage) (chiefly engineering and manufacturing) Something that is flexible.
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2. Bisexual.

References

• “flexible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• flexible on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• flexibility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Asturian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) flexibilis.

Adjective

flexible (epicene, plural flexibles)

1. flexible

Antonyms

• inflexible

Related terms

• flexibilidá

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Catalan

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) flexibilis.

Adjective

flexible m or f (masculine and feminine plural flexibles)

1. flexible

Antonyms

• inflexible

Related terms

• flexibilitat

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) flexibilis.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /flɛk.sibl/, Template:X-SAMPA
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Homophone: flexibles
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Hyphenation: flex‧sible

Adjective

flexible (plural flexibles)

1. flexible

Derived terms

• flexiblement
• inflexible

Related terms

• flexibilité

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Galician

Alternative forms

• flexíbel

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) flexibilis.

Adjective

flexible m or f (plural flexibles)

1. flexible

Antonyms

• inflexible, inflexíbel

Related terms

• flexibilidade

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) flexibilis, from (deprecated template usage) flectō.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /flekˈsi.βle/

Adjective

flexible m or f (masculine and feminine plural flexibles)

1. flexible (all senses)

Antonyms

• inflexible

Related terms

• flexibilidad
• flexión
• flexionar