flexible
English
/ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/
adj
Definitions
- Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
- Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.
- Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.
Etymology
Derived from Middle French flexible derived from Latin flexibilis (pliant, flexible).
Origin
Latin
flexibilis
Gloss
pliant, flexible
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flexibility English
- flexibleness English
- flexibly English
- flexitime English
- flexitimer English
- heteroflexibility English
- heteroflexible English
- homoflexibility English
- homoflexible English
- hyperflexibility English
- hyperflexible English
- inflexible English
- inflexibleness English
- inflexibly English
- neuroflexibility English
- nonflexible English
- semiflexibility English
- semiflexible English
- time English
- ultraflexibility English
- ultraflexible English
- unflexible English
- flectō Latin
- flexibilis Latin
- flexibilitas Latin
- flexible French
- flexible Spanish, Castilian
- fleksibel Norwegian Bokmål
- flexível Portuguese
- fleksibel Norwegian Nynorsk
- flexible Catalan, Valencian
- flexible Galician
- flexible Middle French
- inflexible Middle French
- flexible Asturian