malleable

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• /ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈmaɫiəbəɫ]
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• General-American: [ˈmæɫiəbɫ̩]
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• New-Zealand: [ˈmɛɫiəbɫ̩]
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• New-Zealand: [-bɯ]
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From Middle French malléable, borrowed from Late Latin malleābilis, derived from Latin malleāre (“to hammer”), from malleus (“hammer”), from Proto-Indo-European *mal-ni- (“crushing”), an extended variant of *melh2- (“crush, grind”).

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: döyülə bilən — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Bulgarian: ковък (kovǎk) — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Catalan: mal·leable — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Chinese Mandarin: 可锻造的 — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Czech: kujný — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Dutch: hamerbaar — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Dutch: smeedbaar — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Esperanto: maleebla — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Finnish: taottava — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• French: malléable — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• German: hämmerbar — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• German: schmiedbar — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• German: formbar — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• German: verformbar — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• German: dehnbar — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• German: plastisch — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• German: biegsam — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• German: biegbar — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• German: weich — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• German: geschmeidig — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• German: veränderbar — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• German: gestaltbar — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• German: knetbar — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Hungarian: nyújtható — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Italian: malleabile — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Macedonian: ко́влив (kóvliv) — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Māori: māngohe — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Norwegian: bøyelig — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Norwegian: fleksibel — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Norwegian: smidig — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Persian: چکش خور (čakoš xor) — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Polish: kowalny — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Polish: kujny — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Portuguese: maleável — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Romanian: maleabil — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Russian: ко́вкий (kóvkij) — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Russian: пластичный (plastičnyj) — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Slovak: kujný — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Spanish: maleable — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Swedish: smidbar — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Tagalog: pukpukin — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Turkish: dövülgen — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Welsh: morthwyliadwy — able to be hammered into thin sheets
• Bulgarian: податлив (podatliv) — liable to change
• Czech: měnitelný — liable to change
• Czech: poddajný — liable to change
• Czech: tvarovatelný — liable to change
• Czech: tvárný — liable to change
• Dutch: kneedbaar — liable to change
• Dutch: beïnvloedbaar — liable to change
• Esperanto: ŝanĝebla — liable to change
• Finnish: mukautuvainen — liable to change
• German: veränderlich — liable to change
• German: flexibel — liable to change
• German: formbar — liable to change
• German: dehnbar — liable to change
• German: beeinflussbar — liable to change
• Hungarian: képlékeny — liable to change
• Italian: malleabile — liable to change
• Italian: forgiabile — liable to change
• Macedonian: по́датлив (pódatliv) — liable to change
• Macedonian: ме́нлив (ménliv) — liable to change
• Manx: so-lhoobagh — liable to change
• Manx: so-chummeydagh — liable to change
• Norwegian: fleksibel — liable to change
• Norwegian: smidig — liable to change
• Norwegian: formbar — liable to change
• Persian: قابل انعطاف (qâbel-e en'etâf) — liable to change
• Persian: انعطاف پذیر (en'etâf pazir) — liable to change
• Polish: podatny — liable to change
• Portuguese: maleável — liable to change
• Romanian: maleabil — liable to change
• Russian: пода́тливый (podátlivyj) — liable to change
• Russian: восприимчивый (vospriimčivyj) — liable to change
• Spanish: maleable — liable to change
• Swedish: smidbar — liable to change
• Welsh: hydrin — liable to change
• Welsh: hyblyg — liable to change