pliable
French, adjective\pli.abl\
pliable is spelled P-L-I-A-B-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,716th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pliable is a French adjective meaning “pliable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est flexible, aisé à plier”.
What does pliable mean in English?
adjective
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pliable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est flexible, aisé à plier. 2. Qui est docile, disposé à se laisser gouverner.
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 pliable
- pliables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pliable?
- \pli.abl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pliable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pliable in French?
pliable appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).