flexible

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From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flectō (“to bend, curve”). Morphologically flex + -ible.

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: përthyeshëm — easily bent without breaking
• Armenian: ճկուն (čkun) — easily bent without breaking
• Asturian: flexible — easily bent without breaking
• Azerbaijani: əyilgən — easily bent without breaking
• Azerbaijani: yapığan — easily bent without breaking
• Belarusian: гі́бкі (híbki) — easily bent without breaking
• Belarusian: гну́ткі (hnútki) — easily bent without breaking
• Bulgarian: гъвкав (gǎvkav) — easily bent without breaking
• Catalan: flexible — easily bent without breaking
• Cherokee: ᏩᏂᎨ (wanige) — easily bent without breaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 靈活 /灵活 (línghuó) — easily bent without breaking
• Czech: ohebný — easily bent without breaking
• Danish: fleksibel — easily bent without breaking
• Danish: smidig — easily bent without breaking
• Dutch: buigzaam — easily bent without breaking
• Esperanto: fleksebla (bendable) — easily bent without breaking
• Esperanto: fleksiĝema — easily bent without breaking
• Esperanto: elasta (deformable) — easily bent without breaking
• Estonian: paindlik — easily bent without breaking
• Finnish: joustava — easily bent without breaking
• Finnish: notkea — easily bent without breaking
• Finnish: kimmoisa — easily bent without breaking
• Finnish: taipuva — easily bent without breaking
• Finnish: taipuisa — easily bent without breaking
• French: flexible — easily bent without breaking
• Galician: flexible — easily bent without breaking
• Galician: flexíbel — easily bent without breaking
• Georgian: მოქნილი (moknili) — easily bent without breaking
• Georgian: დრეკადი (dreḳadi) — easily bent without breaking
• German: biegsam — easily bent without breaking
• German: flexibel — easily bent without breaking
• German: elastisch — easily bent without breaking
• German: dehnbar — easily bent without breaking
• Greek: εύκαμπτος (éfkamptos) — easily bent without breaking
• Ancient Greek: εὐκαμπής (eukampḗs) — easily bent without breaking
• Hebrew: גמיש (gamísh) — easily bent without breaking
• Hindi: लचीला (lacīlā) — easily bent without breaking
• Hungarian: hajlékony — easily bent without breaking
• Icelandic: sveigjanlegur — easily bent without breaking
• Ingrian: notkia — easily bent without breaking
• Ingrian: nodra — easily bent without breaking
• Irish: aclaí — easily bent without breaking
• Irish: solúbtha — easily bent without breaking
• Italian: flessibile — easily bent without breaking
• Italian: pieghevole — easily bent without breaking
• Japanese: 柔軟な (jūnan na) — easily bent without breaking
• Khmer: អាចបត់បែនបាន (aac bɑt baen baa nɔɔ) — easily bent without breaking
• Latin: flexilis — easily bent without breaking
• Latin: flexibilis — easily bent without breaking
• Manx: so-lhoobey — easily bent without breaking
• Māori: moruki — easily bent without breaking
• Māori: pīngore — easily bent without breaking
• Norwegian: fleksibel — easily bent without breaking
• Occitan: flexible — easily bent without breaking
• Polish: elastyczny — easily bent without breaking
• Polish: gibki — easily bent without breaking
• Polish: rozciągliwy — easily bent without breaking
• Polish: giętki — easily bent without breaking
• Portuguese: flexível — easily bent without breaking
• Romanian: flexibil — easily bent without breaking
• Russian: ги́бкий (gíbkij) — easily bent without breaking
• Scottish Gaelic: lùbach — easily bent without breaking
• Spanish: flexible — easily bent without breaking
• Spanish: doblegable — easily bent without breaking
• Swedish: flexibel — easily bent without breaking
• Swedish: böjlig — easily bent without breaking
• Tagalog: hutukin — easily bent without breaking
• Thai: ยืดหยุ่น (yʉ̂ʉt-yùn) — easily bent without breaking
• Turkish: esnek — easily bent without breaking
• Turkish: bükülgen — easily bent without breaking
• Turkish: elastiki — easily bent without breaking
• Ukrainian: гнучки́й (hnučkýj) — easily bent without breaking
• Ukrainian: гну́чий (hnúčyj) — easily bent without breaking
• Vietnamese: co dãn — easily bent without breaking
• Vietnamese: co giãn — easily bent without breaking
• Arabic: مَرِن (marin) — easy and compliant
• Armenian: զիջող (ziǰoġ) — easy and compliant
• Belarusian: рахма́ны (raxmány) — easy and compliant
• Belarusian: пада́тлівы (padátlivy) — easy and compliant
• Bulgarian: податлив (podatliv) — easy and compliant
• Catalan: flexible — easy and compliant
• Danish: fleksibel — easy and compliant
• Danish: føjelig — easy and compliant
• Dutch: flexibel — easy and compliant
• Esperanto: fleksebla — easy and compliant
• Finnish: joustava — easy and compliant
• French: flexible — easy and compliant
• Galician: flexíbel — easy and compliant
• Georgian: დამყოლი (damq̇oli) — easy and compliant
• German: fügsam — easy and compliant
• German: flexibel — easy and compliant
• German: elastisch — easy and compliant
• German: nachgiebig — easy and compliant
• Greek: ευέλικτος (evéliktos) — easy and compliant
• Hungarian: alkalmazkodó — easy and compliant
• Icelandic: sveigjanlegur — easy and compliant
• Irish: aclaí — easy and compliant
• Irish: solúbtha — easy and compliant
• Italian: flessibile — easy and compliant
• Khmer: អាចបត់បែនបាន (aac bɑt baen baa nɔɔ) — easy and compliant
• Latin: flexibilis — easy and compliant
• Manx: so-lhoobey — easy and compliant
• Māori: ngāwari — easy and compliant
• Odia: ନମନୀୟ (namaniya) — easy and compliant
• Polish: elastyczny — easy and compliant
• Portuguese: flexível — easy and compliant
• Russian: покла́дистый (pokládistyj) — easy and compliant
• Russian: пода́тливый (podátlivyj) — easy and compliant
• Spanish: flexible — easy and compliant
• Turkish: fleksibl — easy and compliant
• Turkish: esnek — easy and compliant
• Ukrainian: ла́гідний (láhidnyj) — easy and compliant
• Ukrainian: покла́дливий (pokládlyvyj) — easy and compliant
• Ukrainian: посту́пливий (postúplyvyj) — easy and compliant
• Vietnamese: linh hoạt — easy and compliant
• Vietnamese: linh động — easy and compliant
• Armenian: ճկուն (čkun) — capable or being adapted or molded
• Bulgarian: приспособяващ се (prisposobjavašt se) — capable or being adapted or molded
• Catalan: flexible — capable or being adapted or molded
• Dutch: flexibel — capable or being adapted or molded
• Finnish: joustava — capable or being adapted or molded
• French: flexible — capable or being adapted or molded
• French: maléable — capable or being adapted or molded
• Galician: flexíbel — capable or being adapted or molded
• German: flexibel — capable or being adapted or molded
• German: dehnbar — capable or being adapted or molded
• German: weich — capable or being adapted or molded
• Hungarian: rugalmas — capable or being adapted or molded
• Icelandic: sveigjanlegur — capable or being adapted or molded
• Italian: flessibile — capable or being adapted or molded
• Māori: kōngohe — capable or being adapted or molded
• Polish: elastyczny — capable or being adapted or molded
• Portuguese: flexível — capable or being adapted or molded
• Russian: ги́бкий (gíbkij) — capable or being adapted or molded
• Spanish: flexible — capable or being adapted or molded
• Thai: ยืดหยุ่น (yʉ̂ʉt-yùn) — capable or being adapted or molded
• Turkish: bükülgen — capable or being adapted or molded
• Vietnamese: linh hoạt — capable or being adapted or molded