supple

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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈsʌpəl/
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• rhymes with -ʌpəl
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• CMU ARPABET: S AH1 P AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: гъвкав (gǎvkav) — pliant, easy to bend
• Bulgarian: еластичен (elastičen) — pliant, easy to bend
• Chinese Mandarin: 柔软 (róuruǎn) — pliant, easy to bend
• Dutch: soepel — pliant, easy to bend
• Finnish: taipuisa — pliant, easy to bend
• Finnish: notkea — pliant, easy to bend
• French: souple — pliant, easy to bend
• German: geschmeidig — pliant, easy to bend
• Hungarian: hajlékony — pliant, easy to bend
• Māori: kōngehengehe — pliant, easy to bend
• Māori: pīngawingawi — pliant, easy to bend
• Middle English: souple — pliant, easy to bend
• Norwegian Bokmål: bøyelig — pliant, easy to bend
• Occitan: sople — pliant, easy to bend
• Occitan: plegadís — pliant, easy to bend
• Romanian: suplu — pliant, easy to bend
• Slovak: poddajný — pliant, easy to bend
• Spanish: flexible — pliant, easy to bend
• Spanish: blando — pliant, easy to bend
• Spanish: elástico — pliant, easy to bend
• Bulgarian: гъвкав (gǎvkav) — lithe and agile when moving and bending
• Finnish: taipuisa — lithe and agile when moving and bending
• Finnish: notkea — lithe and agile when moving and bending
• French: souple — lithe and agile when moving and bending
• Hungarian: hajlékony — lithe and agile when moving and bending
• Hungarian: ruganyos — lithe and agile when moving and bending
• Hungarian: rugalmas — lithe and agile when moving and bending
• Irish: scaoilte — lithe and agile when moving and bending
• Māori: moruki — lithe and agile when moving and bending
• Māori: raungawari — lithe and agile when moving and bending
• Middle English: souple — lithe and agile when moving and bending
• Norwegian Bokmål: smidig — lithe and agile when moving and bending
• Occitan: sople — lithe and agile when moving and bending
• Swedish: smidig — lithe and agile when moving and bending
• Bulgarian: податлив (podatliv) — compliant
• Finnish: taipuisa — compliant
• Finnish: myöntyvä — compliant
• French: souple — compliant
• Hungarian: engedelmes — compliant
• Hungarian: szófogadó — compliant
• Italian: duttile — compliant
• Italian: malleabile — compliant
• Middle English: souple — compliant
• Norwegian Bokmål: føyelig — compliant
• Norwegian Bokmål: bøyelig — compliant
• Occitan: sople — compliant
• Occitan: domètge — compliant
• Hungarian: hajlékonnyá tesz/válik — to make or become supple
• Hungarian: betör — to make or become supple
• Hungarian: megtör — to make or become supple
• Middle English: souplen — to make or become supple
• Norwegian Bokmål: mykne — to make or become supple