pliant

Signification (Anglais)

1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking.
2. (figuratively) Easily influenced; tractable.

Concepts

souple

pliant

flexible

malléable

pliable

plastique

ductile

léger

docile

Synonymes

flexible

supple

pliable

limber

soft

bendable

malleable

plastic

yielding

lithe

adaptable

elastic

biddable

docile

ductile

tractile

adaptive

compliant

lissome

lithesome

obedient

springy

submissive

tender

tensile

waxy

weak

whippy

complaisant

unexacting

live

buxom

meek

mutable

nonrigid

willowy

bending

attentive

shake

🫨

apt

withy

stretch

stretchable

stretched

stretchy

accommodating

suitable

accommodative

sway

tame

Traductions

flexible

flexível

maleável

biegsamen

soepel

elástico

flexilis

mollis

geschmeidig

schmiegsam

lenig

smijdig

lentus

εύκαμπτος

buigzaam

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈplaɪənt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: pliaunt

In summary

From Middle English pliaunt, from Old French ploiant, present participle of ploiier (“to fold”).