resilient

See also: résilient

English

Etymology

From Middle English resilient, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French resilient, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin resiliēns, present active participle of resiliō (“I leap or spring back”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

resilient (comparative more resilient, superlative most resilient)

1. (of objects or substances) Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic
2. (of systems, organisms or people) Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions
   • 1994, Michael Grumley, The Last Diary:

     He’s resilient, and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the weight of what he’s saying makes him stop, pause as if lost.

Synonyms

• bendable
• flexible
• strong

Antonyms

• brittle
• fragile

Derived terms

• resilience

Related terms

• resile
• resilience
• result

Translations

able to withstand force without cracking; elastic

• Arabic: مرن
• Armenian: ճկուն (hy) (čkun), առաձգական (hy) (aṙajgakan) (of material)
• Bulgarian: издръжлив (bg) (izdrǎžliv)
• Catalan: elàstic, resistent
• Dutch: veerkrachtig (nl), flexibel (nl)
• Esperanto: fortika
• Finnish: joustava (fi) (flexible), sitkeä (fi) (tough), tukeva (fi) (strong)
• French: flexible (fr) m or f, résistant (fr) m, résilient (fr)
• Georgian: დრეკადი (dreḳadi)
• German: elastisch (de), federnd (de), spannkräftig, unverwüstlich, belastbar (de), resilient (de)
• Greek: ελαστικός (el) m (elastikós), εύκαμπτος (el) m (éfkamptos), ανθεκτικός (el) m (anthektikós)
• Hungarian: rugalmas (hu)
• Italian: elastico (it), flessibile (it), resiliente (it)
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• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: រឹងឆ្កឺត (rɨŋ ckəət), ស្ថិរ (km) (stʰe’ra’), ថិរៈ (tʰeerea’), ថាវរៈ (km) (tʰaavea’rea’), មាំទាំ (moam toam)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Pashto: کشکېدونکی (kaškedunkay), غزېدونکی (ǧazedunkay), څکېدونکی (śkedunkay)
• Polish: elastyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: resiliente (pt), elástico (pt)
• Quechua: anku
• Russian: ги́бкий (ru) (gíbkij) (also of a person), эласти́чный (ru) (elastíčnyj) (of material), упру́гий (ru) (uprúgij)
• Slovak: odolný m, pružný m, húževnatý m
• Spanish: tenaz (es) m or f, resistente (es) m or f, resiliente
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: dirençli (tr), elastik (tr), esnek (tr), sağlam (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions; psychologically or structurally tough

• Danish: modstandsdygtig
• Dutch: weerbaar (nl)
• French: résilient (fr)
• German: widerstandsfähig (de)
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• Hungarian: ellenállóképes (hu)
• Swedish: motståndskraftig (sv)

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) resilient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of resiliō