flexible

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English

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A flexible tube
A flexible display
A flexible gymnast

Etymology

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

Morphologically flex +‎ -ible.

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Adjective

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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 of adapting or changing to suit new or modified conditions or situations.
    You can't always get what you want: you need to learn to be flexible.
  4. 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

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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[1], 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

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Etymology

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From Latin flexibilis.

Adjective

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flexible (epicene, plural flexibles)

  1. flexible
    Synonym: flesible
    Antonym: inflexible
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Catalan

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Etymology

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin flexibilis.

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flexible (plural flexibles)

  1. flexible

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin flexibilis.

Adjective

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flexible m or f (plural flexibles)

  1. flexible
    Antonyms: inflexible, inflexíbel
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German

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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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fleɡˈsible/ [fleɣ̞ˈsi.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -ible
  • Syllabification: fle‧xi‧ble

Adjective

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flexible m or f (masculine and feminine plural flexibles)

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

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Swedish

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Adjective

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flexible

  1. definite natural masculine singular of flexibel
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