supple

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Pliant, flexible, easy to bend.
2. Lithe and agile when moving and bending.
3. (figuratively) Compliant; yielding to the will of others.
4. Smooth and drinkable.

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To make or become supple.
2. (transitive) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.

Concepts

souple

flexible

très souple

assouplir

liant

mou

svelte

élastique

Synonymes

flexible

pliant

limber

lithe

pliable

elastic

lissom

soft

limp

bendable

lissome

lithesome

delicate

whippy

adaptable

svelte

tender

nimble

agile

sylphlike

resilient

smoothtongued

slender

springy

weak

withy

become supple

is soft

make supple

plastic clay

bendy

unexacting

soft-skinned

well-toned

adaptive

biddable

compliant

ductile

firm

flattering

graceful

light

light-hearted

live

moldable

nonrigid

obedient

pert

plastic

spry

Traductions

geschmeidig

flexible

cedevole

soepel

lenig

maleável

ágil

pieghevole

buigzaam

gefügig

duttile

flessibile

elástico

flexível

elastisch

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsʌpəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: souple

In summary

From Middle English souple, from Old French souple, soupple (“soft, lithe, yielding”), from Latin supplic-, supplex (“suppliant, submissive, kneeling”), of uncertain formation. Either from sub + plicō (“bend”) (compare complex), or from sub + plācō (“placate”). More at sub-, placate.