"souple" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈsuːpəl/
Rhymes: -uːpəl Etymology: Borrowed from French souple; a doublet of supple. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|souple}} Borrowed from French souple, {{doublet|en|supple|nocap=1}} doublet of supple Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} souple (not comparable)
  1. Of raw silk: deprived of its silk-glue. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-souple-en-adj-SsMkJDwp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 43 24 6 9 0 4 6 2 0 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 28 4 5 0 3 4 1 0 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsuːpəl/ Forms: souples [plural]
Rhymes: -uːpəl Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Scots sowpill, from Middle English swepels, from swepen + -els; a doublet of swipple. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|gmw-msc|sowpill}} Borrowed from Middle Scots sowpill, {{der|en|enm|swepels}} Middle English swepels, {{af|enm|swepen|-els|nocat=1}} swepen + -els, {{doublet|en|swipple|nocap=1}} doublet of swipple Head templates: {{en-noun}} souple (plural souples)
  1. A swipple; the part of a flail that strikes the grain.
    Sense id: en-souple-en-noun-jcb~UzPA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adjective [French]

IPA: /supl/ Audio: Fr-souple.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-souple.wav [Switzerland, Valais], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-souple.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-souple.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: souples [plural]
Etymology: From Latin supplex. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|la|supplex}} Latin supplex Head templates: {{fr-adj}} souple (plural souples)
  1. supple
    Sense id: en-souple-fr-adj-K79wHo9a Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 51 43 6
  2. yielding
    Sense id: en-souple-fr-adj-gvA9pJZ8 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 51 43 6
  3. flexible
    Sense id: en-souple-fr-adj-gArWIH~m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: assouplir, souplesse, souplement

Adjective [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈsuːpəl/, /ˈsuːplə/, /ˈsupəl/ [Late-Middle-English, also] Forms: sople [alternative, Late-Middle-English], suple [alternative, Late-Middle-English], supple [alternative, Late-Middle-English]
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman souple, from Latin supplex. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|xno|souple}} Borrowed from Anglo-Norman souple, {{der|enm|la|supplex}} Latin supplex Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{comp2}}}||{{{3}}}||{{{sup2}}}|f3l=|f5l=|head=}} souple, {{enm-adj}} souple
  1. pliant, supple
    Sense id: en-souple-enm-adj-TOU27umU
  2. obedient, submissive, meek
    Sense id: en-souple-enm-adj-VXrhAGXJ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 19 41 21 2 16
  3. (rare) flexible, bendy Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-souple-enm-adj-5y70v0Ob
  4. (rare) benevolent, beneficent Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-souple-enm-adj-chbD0B7F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: souplen
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|var=1}} souple
  1. alternative form of souplen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: souplen
    Sense id: en-souple-enm-verb-pn2tTSQl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Old French]

Forms: souple [feminine], sople [alternative], suple [alternative]
Etymology: Semi-learned borrowing from Latin supplex. Etymology templates: {{slbor|fro|la|supplex}} Semi-learned borrowing from Latin supplex Head templates: {{head|fro|adjective|feminine|souple|||||||g=m|head=|var=}} souple m (feminine souple), {{fro-adj|mf}} souple m (feminine souple)
  1. supple (which bends readily) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-souple-fro-noun-TXe4hgBP Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "Edward H[enry] Knight",
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          "text": "14ᵗʰ Century, Chaucer, General Prologue\nHis bootes souple, his hors in greet estaat.\nHis boots flexible, his horse in a fine condition"
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