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Revision as of 20:30, 18 August 2013
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) flexibilis, from (deprecated template usage) flectō. Compare French (deprecated template usage) flexible.
Pronunciation
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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.
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See also
Noun
flexible (plural flexibles)
- (deprecated template usage) (chiefly engineering and manufacturing) Something that is flexible.
- Bisexual.
References
- “flexible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- flexible on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- flexibility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Asturian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) flexibilis.
Adjective
flexible (epicene, plural flexibles)
Antonyms
Related terms
Catalan
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) flexibilis.
Adjective
flexible m or f (masculine and feminine plural flexibles)
Antonyms
Related terms
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)
Derived terms
Related terms
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) flexibilis.
Adjective
flexible m or f (plural flexibles)
Antonyms
Related terms
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)
- flexible (all senses)
Antonyms
Related terms
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Engineering
- en:Manufacturing
- Asturian terms derived from Latin
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian adjectives
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan words suffixed with -ible
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan adjectives
- Catalan epicene adjectives
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with homophones
- French lemmas
- French adjectives
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician lemmas
- Galician adjectives
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish epicene adjectives