souple

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsuːpəl/

Etymology 1

From a UK dialect form of supple.

Adjective

souple (not comparable)

  1. Of raw silk: deprived of its silk-glue.

Noun

souple (plural souples)

  1. The part of a flail that strikes the grain.[1]

References
  1. Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Souple”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Latin supplex.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /supl/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

souple (plural souples)

  1. supple
  2. yielding
  3. flexible

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology

Old French souple and Anglo-Norman souple, from Latin supplex

Adjective

souple

  1. flexible; supple
    • 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
      His bootes souple, his hors in greet estaat.
      His boots flexible, his horse in a fine condition

Descendants
  • → English: supple

Old French

Noun

souple m (oblique and nominative feminine singular souple)

  1. supple (which bends readily)
    • circa 1170, La vie de St. Emonde
      keue souple
      Supple tail
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.