pliable
English
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#PLIABLECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleḱ-#PLIABLEFrom Middle FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#PLIABLECategory:English undefined derivations#PLIABLE, from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#PLIABLE ploiableCategory:English undefined derivations#PLIABLE, from ploiier (“to fold”). By surface analysis, ply + -ableCategory:English terms suffixed with -able#PLIABLE. Compare pliant.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pliable (comparative more pliable, superlative most pliable)Category:English lemmas#PLIABLECategory:English adjectives#PLIABLECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PLIABLECategory:Pages with entries#PLIABLECategory:Pages with 2 entries#PLIABLE
- Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.
- You will find the clay perfectly pliable as long as it stays moist.Category:English terms with usage examples#PLIABLE
- Easily persuaded; yielding to influence.
Synonyms
- (soft, flexible): lithy
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Further reading
- “pliable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “pliable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “pliable”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French
Etymology
From plier + -ableCategory:French terms suffixed with -able#PLIABLE.
Pronunciation
Adjective
pliable (plural pliables)Category:French lemmas#PLIABLECategory:French adjectives#PLIABLECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#PLIABLECategory:Pages with entries#PLIABLECategory:Pages with 2 entries#PLIABLE
Further reading
- “pliable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012