dúctil

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ductilis, from dūcō (“to lead, guide, conduct”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈduk.til]

Adjective

dúctil m or f (masculine and feminine plural dúctils)

1. ductile
2. malleable

   Synonym: mal·leable

3. (figuratively) tractable, docile, easily-led

   Synonyms: flexible, dòcil

Derived terms

• ductilitat

 

Related terms

• dull

 

Further reading

• “dúctil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈduk.t͡ʃiw/ [ˈduk.t͡ʃiʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ktil/ [ˈdu.ktiɫ]

• Hyphenation: dúc‧til

Adjective

dúctil m or f (plural dúcteis)

1. ductile

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ductilis, from dūcō (“to lead, guide, conduct”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduɡtil/ [ˈd̪uɣ̞.t̪il]
• Rhymes: -uɡtil
• Syllabification: dúc‧til

Adjective

dúctil m or f (masculine and feminine plural dúctiles)

1. ductile
2. malleable

   Synonym: maleable

3. (figuratively) malleable; docile, gullible

   Synonyms: acomodadizo, condescendiente

Derived terms

• ductilidad

 

Related terms

• ducto

 

Further reading

• “dúctil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28