malleabile

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin malleus +‎ -abile.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mal.leˈa.bi.le/
  • Rhymes: -abile
  • Hyphenation: mal‧le‧à‧bi‧le

Adjective

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malleabile (plural malleabili)

  1. malleable (able to be hammered into thin sheets)
    Synonym: duttile
    Antonym: resistente
  2. pliable
  3. soft
  4. (figurative) docile
    Synonyms: accondiscendente, arrendevole, docile, morbido, remissivo
    Antonyms: indocile, ribelle, rigido, (familiar) tosto

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • malleabile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • malleabile in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa