flexible
French, adjective/flɛk.sibl/
flexible is spelled F-L-E-X-I-B-L-E (8 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flexible is a French adjective meaning “flexible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se fléchit aisément”.
What does flexible mean in English?
adjective
- 1
flexible
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se fléchit aisément. 2. Souple. 3. Qualifie une voix qui passe facilement d’un ton à un autre. 4. Malléable.
noun: 1. Nom commun utilisé pour désigner un tuyau souple.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of flexible
- flexibles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flexible?
- /flɛk.sibl/
- \flɛk.sibl\
- \flek.sibl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flexible
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flexible in French?
flexible appears 3.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).