"flexible" meaning in French

See flexible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /flɛk.sibl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-flexible.wav [Switzerland, Valais], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-flexible.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: flexibles [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin flexibilis. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:lbor|la:flexibilis}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to bend, curve", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "flectō", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dʰlom", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðlom", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðlis", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-bilis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "flexibilis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "flexible", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="flexible">, {{lbor|fr|la|flexibilis}} Learned borrowing from Latin flexibilis, {{ety|fr|:lbor|la:flexibilis}} Head templates: {{fr-adj}} flexible (plural flexibles)
  1. flexible Derived forms: flexiblement, inflexible Related terms: flexibilité

Inflected forms

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