flexible

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English

A flexible tube
A flexible display
A flexible gymnast

Etymology

From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (I bend, curve).

Morphologically flex +‎ -ible.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/, /ˈflɛk.sə.bəl/
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Adjective

flexible (comparative more flexible, superlative most flexible)

  1. Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
    Synonym: pliable
    Antonyms: stiff, brittle, inflexible, rigid
  2. Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
    Synonyms: tractable, manageable, ductile
  3. Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
    Synonyms: plastic, malleable
    a flexible language
    • 1735, John Rogers, Nineteen Sermons on various occasions:
      This they foresaw was a Principle more flexible to their Purpose

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Noun

flexible (plural flexibles)

  1. (chiefly engineering and manufacturing) Something that is flexible.
    • 2009 August 19, Terry McCrann, “Win-win deal for the times”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 22 August 2009:
      Alcan is mostly flexibles -- and so it boosts Amcor's flexible packaging business to a globally significant $7 billion one.

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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin flexibilis.

Adjective

flexible (epicene, plural flexibles)

  1. flexible
    Synonym: flesible
    Antonym: inflexible

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flexibilis.

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flexible m or f (masculine and feminine plural flexibles)

  1. flexible
    Antonym: inflexible

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flexibilis.

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Adjective

flexible (plural flexibles)

  1. flexible

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flexibilis.

Adjective

flexible m or f (plural flexibles)

  1. flexible
    Antonyms: inflexible, inflexíbel

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German

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Adjective

flexible

  1. inflection of flexibel:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (to bend, curve).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fleɡˈsible/
  • Rhymes: -ible
  • Syllabification: fle‧xi‧ble

Adjective

flexible m or f (masculine and feminine plural flexibles)

  1. flexible (clarification of this definition is needed)
    Antonym: inflexible

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