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flexible

/fˈleksəbəl/FLEK-suh-buhl
/fˈlɛksəbəl/FLEK-suh-buhl

Meaningable to bend

Common meaning: able to bend

Journey through time

  1. Latinflectō, flexī, flexum‘to bend’
  2. Englishflexible‘able to bend’ · today

flex also in: reflexdeflectinflectreflect

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin flectō ‘to bend’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry flectō, p. 758 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

deflectinflectreflectreflex

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