flexibilis

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flexibilis (“flexible”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈflɛksibiliʃ]
• Hyphenation: fle‧xi‧bi‧lis
• Rhymes: -iʃ

Adjective

flexibilis (comparative flexibilisebb, superlative legflexibilisebb)

1. flexible (capable of being flexed or bent without breaking)

   Synonyms: hajlékony, hajlítható

2. flexible (willing or prone to give way to the influence of others)

   Synonyms: alkalmazkodó, rugalmas, simulékony

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	flexibilis	flexibilisek
accusative	flexibiliset	flexibiliseket
dative	flexibilisnek	flexibiliseknek
instrumental	flexibilissel	flexibilisekkel
causal-final	flexibilisért	flexibilisekért
translative	flexibilissé	flexibilisekké
terminative	flexibilisig	flexibilisekig
essive-formal	flexibilisként	flexibilisekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	flexibilisben	flexibilisekben
superessive	flexibilisen	flexibiliseken
adessive	flexibilisnél	flexibiliseknél
illative	flexibilisbe	flexibilisekbe
sublative	flexibilisre	flexibilisekre
allative	flexibilishez	flexibilisekhez
elative	flexibilisből	flexibilisekből
delative	flexibilisről	flexibilisekről
ablative	flexibilistől	flexibilisektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	flexibilisé	flexibiliseké
non-attributive possessive – plural	flexibiliséi	flexibilisekéi

Related terms

• flexibilitás

Further reading

• flexibilis and (with subscription) flexibilis  in Ferenc Pusztai, editor, Magyar értelmező kéziszótár [A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÉKsz.²), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003 (online searchable version under development).

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin flectō

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin flexibilis

From flectō (“to bend, curve”) + -bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɫɛkˈsɪ.bɪ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fleɡˈziː.bi.lis]

Adjective

flexibilis (neuter flexibile); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. flexible, pliant, able to be bent
2. (of persons) tractable, pliant
3. (of persons, derogatory) fickle, wavering, inconstant
4. (grammar) inflectable

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	flexibilis	flexibile		flexibilēs	flexibilia
genitive	flexibilis			flexibilium
dative	flexibilī			flexibilibus
accusative	flexibilem	flexibile		flexibilīs flexibilēs	flexibilia
ablative	flexibilī			flexibilibus
vocative	flexibilis	flexibile		flexibilēs	flexibilia

Synonyms

• (flexible): flexilis

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “grammar”): inflexibilis

Derived terms

• flexibilitās

Related terms

• flectō
• flexanimus
• flexilis
• flexiō
• flexuōsē
• flexuōsus
• flexūra
• flexus

Descendants

• → English: flexible
• → Asturian: flexible
• → Catalan: flexible
• → French: flexible
• → Galician: flexible
• → German: flexibel
• → Hungarian: flexibilis
• → Italian: flessibile
• → Portuguese: flexível
• → Romanian: flexibil
• → Spanish: flexible

References

• “flexibilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “flexibilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “flexibilis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.