malleabile

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin malleus +‎ -abile.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /mal.leˈa.bi.le/
Rhymes: -abile
Hyphenation: mal‧le‧à‧bi‧le

Adjective[edit]

malleabile (plural malleabili)

malleable (able to be hammered into thin sheets)
Synonym: duttile

Antonym: resistente
pliable
soft
(figurative) docile
Synonyms: accondiscendente, arrendevole, docile, morbido, remissivo

Antonyms: indocile, ribelle, rigido, (familiar) tosto

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

malleabile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
malleabile in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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