different between flexible vs liquid

English

Etymology

From Middle French flexible, from Latin flexibilis, from flect? (“I bend, curve”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?fl?k.s?.b?l/, /?fl?k.s?.b?l/

Adjective

flexible (comparative more flexible, superlative most flexible)

1. Capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

   Synonym: pliable

   Antonyms: stiff, brittle, inflexible

   When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. -William Shakespeare

2. Willing or prone to give way to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate.

   Synonyms: tractable, manageable, ductile

   Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. - Francis Bacon.

   Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. - William Shakespeare

3. Capable or being adapted or molded in some way.

   Synonyms: plastic, malleable

   a flexible language

   This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. -Rogers.

Synonyms

Derived terms

• flexibly
• flexibleness

Related terms

• flexibility
• inflexible

Translations

See also

• foldable

Noun

flexible (plural flexibles)

1. (chiefly engineering and manufacturing) Something that is flexible.

References

• flexible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• flexible on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• flexibility on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin flexibilis.

Adjective

flexible (epicene, plural flexibles)

1. flexible

   Antonym: inflexible

Related terms

• flexibilidá

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flexibilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /fl?k?si.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /flek?si.ble/

Adjective

flexible (masculine and feminine plural flexibles)

1. flexible

   Antonym: inflexible

Derived terms

• disc flexible
• flexibilitzar

Related terms

• flexibilitat

Further reading

• “flexible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “flexible” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “flexible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “flexible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flexibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fl?k.sibl/
• Homophone: flexibles
• Hyphenation: flex?sible

Adjective

flexible (plural flexibles)

1. flexible

Derived terms

• flexiblement
• inflexible

Related terms

• flexibilité

Further reading

• “flexible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• flexíbel

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flexibilis.

Adjective

flexible m or f (plural flexibles)

1. flexible

Antonyms

• inflexible, inflexíbel

Related terms

• flexibilidade

Further reading

• “flexible” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Adjective

flexible

1. inflection of flexibel:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flexibilis, from flect? (“to bend, curve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fle??sible/, [fle???si.??le]

Adjective

flexible (plural flexibles)

1. flexible (clarification of this definition is needed)

   Antonym: inflexible

Derived terms

• disco flexible
• flexibilidad
• flexibilizar
• flexibilización

Related terms

• flexión
• flexionar

Further reading

• “flexible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid, moist”), from lique? (“to be liquid, be fluid”). Doublet of liquidus. As a term for a consonant, it comes from Latin liquida (c?ns?n?ns), a calque of Ancient Greek ????? (????????) (hugròn (súmph?non), “liquid consonant”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?k'w?d, IPA^(key): /?l?kw?d/
• Hyphenation: liq?uid

Noun

liquid (countable and uncountable, plural liquids)

1. A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.

   Coordinate terms: solid, gas

   Hyponyms: ideal liquid, non-ideal liquid

2. (phonetics) A class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.

   Hypernyms: approximant, consonant

   Coordinate term: glide

Usage notes

The differentiation of a liquid as an incompressible fluid is not strictly correct, experiments having shown that liquids are compressible to a very limited extent. See fluid.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• fluid

Adjective

liquid (comparative more liquid, superlative most liquid)

1. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.

2. (finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
3. (finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
4. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

5. (phonology) Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth.

6. Fluid and transparent.

Synonyms

• (flowing freely like water): flowy, fluxive; see also Thesaurus:runny

Antonyms

• (flowing freely): solid; gaseous
• (easily sold): illiquid
• (having sufficient activity): illiquid

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• liquid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• liquid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• liquid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Adjective

liquid

1. Alternative form of liquide

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin liquidus.

Adjective

liquid m (feminine singular liquida, masculine plural liquids, feminine plural liquidas)

1. liquid

Derived terms

• liquidar

Noun

liquid m (plural liquids)

1. liquid

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 607.