English Explanatory Dictionary

pliable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.
  2. Easily persuaded; yielding to influence.

Pronunciation

/ˈplaɪəbəl/ en-us-pliable.ogg

Word forms

pliable more pliable most pliable

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French ploiable, from ploiier (“to fold”). By surface analysis, ply + -able. Compare pliant.

Synonyms

lithy

Related words

pliability pliancy pliant ply

Derived words

impliable nonpliable pliableness pliably unpliable

Translations

Azerbaijani: yapığan Azerbaijani: əyilgən Bulgarian: пластичен Bulgarian: ковък Chinese Mandarin: 易彎 /易弯 Chinese Mandarin: 易曲折的 Dutch: plooibaar Finnish: taipuisa Finnish: notkea French: pliable French: pliant German: biegsam German: geschmeidig Greek: εύκαμπτος Greek: εύπλαστος Greek: ευλύγιστος Italian: malleabile Italian: pieghevole Italian: flessibile Italian: adattabile Italian: modellabile Japanese: 曲げやすい Japanese: しなやかな Korean: 유연(柔軟)한 Latin: flexilis Manx: so-lhoobagh Māori: kōpēpē Māori: kōngohe Māori: kōpē Polish: giętki Polish: gibki Portuguese: maleável Portuguese: moldável Portuguese: flexível Romanian: pliabil Romanian: pliant Russian: ги́бкий Serbo-Croatian: savitljiv Serbo-Croatian: савитљив Sicilian: ncunucchiàvili Sicilian: gnutticàvili Slovak: ohybný Slovak: tvárny Slovak: poddajný Spanish: plegable Spanish: plegadizo Tocharian B: wlaṃśke Ukrainian: гнучки́й
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