English Explanatory Dictionary

malleable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
  2. Flexible, liable to change.
  3. in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext

Pronunciation

/ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl/ [ˈmaɫiəbəɫ] [ˈmæɫiəbɫ̩] [ˈmɛɫiəbɫ̩] [-bɯ] en-us-malleable.ogg

Word forms

malleable more malleable most malleable

Etymology

From Middle French malléable, borrowed from Late Latin malleābilis, derived from Latin malleāre (“to hammer”), from malleus (“hammer”), from Proto-Indo-European *mal-ni- (“crushing”), an extended variant of *melh₂- (“crush, grind”).

Synonyms

fictile

Related words

malleability malleableness malleably malleate

Derived words

immalleable malleable iron malleableization malleableize malleablize nonmalleable semimalleable unmalleable
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