"pliable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈplaɪəbəl/ Audio: en-us-pliable.ogg Forms: more pliable [comparative], most pliable [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪəbəl Etymology: From Middle French, from Old French ploiable, from ploiier (“to fold”). By surface analysis, ply + -able. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pleḱ-}}, {{uder|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{uder|en|fro|ploiable}} Old French ploiable, {{surf|en|ply|-able}} By surface analysis, ply + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} pliable (comparative more pliable, superlative most pliable)
  1. Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded. Synonyms (flexible): lithy [soft]
    Sense id: en-pliable-en-adj-AMyFhxCD Disambiguation of 'flexible': 100 0
  2. Easily persuaded; yielding to influence. Categories (topical): Personality
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pliableness, pliably Related terms: pliability, pliancy, pliant, ply Translations (easily bent or formed): пластичен (plastičen) (Bulgarian), ковък (kovǎk) (Bulgarian), 易彎 (Chinese Mandarin), 易弯 (yìwān) (Chinese Mandarin), 易曲折的 (yì qūzhé de) (Chinese Mandarin), plooibaar (Dutch), taipuisa (Finnish), notkea (Finnish), pliable (French), pliant (French), biegsam (German), geschmeidig (German), εύκαμπτος (éfkamptos) (Greek), εύπλαστος (éfplastos) (Greek), ευλύγιστος (evlýgistos) (Greek), malleabile (Italian), pieghevole (Italian), flessibile (Italian), adattabile (Italian), modellabile (Italian), 曲げやすい (mageyasui) (alt: まげやすい) (Japanese), しなやかな (shinayaka na) (Japanese), 유연(柔軟)한 (yuyeonhan) (Korean), flexilis (Latin), so-lhoobagh (Manx), kōpēpē (Maori), kōngohe (Maori), kōpē (Maori), giętki (Polish), gibki (Polish), maleável (Portuguese), moldável (Portuguese), flexível (Portuguese), pliabil (Romanian), pliant (Romanian), ги́бкий (gíbkij) (Russian), savitljiv (Serbo-Croatian), савитљив (Serbo-Croatian), ohybný (Slovak), tvárny (Slovak), poddajný (Slovak), plegable (Spanish), flexible (Spanish), moldeable (Spanish), maleable (Spanish), plegadizo (Spanish), wlaṃśke (Tocharian B), гнучки́й (hnučkýj) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'easily bent or formed': 50 50
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pleḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "ploiable"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French ploiable",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ply",
        "3": "-able"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, ply + -able",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French, from Old French ploiable, from ploiier (“to fold”). By surface analysis, ply + -able.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more pliable",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most pliable",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pliable (comparative more pliable, superlative most pliable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "pliability"
    },
    {
      "word": "pliancy"
    },
    {
      "word": "pliant"
    },
    {
      "word": "ply"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You will find the clay perfectly pliable as long as it stays moist.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Soft",
          "soft"
        ],
        [
          "flexible",
          "flexible"
        ],
        [
          "bent",
          "bent"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ],
        [
          "shape",
          "shape"
        ],
        [
          "mold",
          "mold"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Easily persuaded; yielding to influence."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈplaɪəbəl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-pliable.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/En-us-pliable.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪəbəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "flexible",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ],
      "word": "lithy"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "plastičen",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "пластичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kovǎk",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "ковък"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "易彎"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìwān",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "易弯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yì qūzhé de",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "易曲折的"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "plooibaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "taipuisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "notkea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "pliable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "pliant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "biegsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "geschmeidig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "éfkamptos",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "εύκαμπτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "éfplastos",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "εύπλαστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "evlýgistos",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "ευλύγιστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "malleabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "pieghevole"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "flessibile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "adattabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "modellabile"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まげやすい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mageyasui",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "曲げやすい"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinayaka na",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "しなやかな"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yuyeonhan",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "유연(柔軟)한"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "flexilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "so-lhoobagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "kōpēpē"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "kōngohe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "kōpē"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "giętki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "gibki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "maleável"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "moldável"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "flexível"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "pliabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "pliant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gíbkij",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "ги́бкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "savitljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "савитљив"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "ohybný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "tvárny"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "poddajný"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "plegable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "flexible"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "moldeable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "maleable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "plegadizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "wlaṃśke"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hnučkýj",
      "sense": "easily bent or formed",
      "word": "гнучки́й"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pliable"
}

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