malleable
Syllables: mal·le·a·ble/ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl/UK[ˈmaɫiəbəɫ]
malleable adjective: able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
Adjective
malleable (comparative more malleable, superlative most malleable)
- Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
- Flexible, liable to change.
- My opinion on the subject is malleable.
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- Synonyms:
- fictile
- in which an adversary can alter a ciphertext such that it decrypts to a related plaintext
malleable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
malleable in Tamil
- தகடாகத்தக்க, தகடாகும், தகடாக்கத் தக்க, நீட்டஇயன்ற கம்பி, மென்றகடாக்கத்தக்க, வார்க்கத்தக்க
malleable in Urdu
- لوچ دار, ملائم, نرم
malleable in Bengali
- নমনীয়, ঘাতসহ, প্রভাবাধীন করা যায় এমন
malleable in Malayalam
- അടിച്ചുപരത്താവുന്ന, രൂപപ്പെടുത്താവുന്ന, നീട്ടാവുന്ന, സ്വാധീനിക്കാവുന്ന
More languagesFewer languages
- malleable in Kannada
- ಬಡಿದು ತಗಡಾಗಿಸಬಲ್ಲ, ಮೆತುವಾದ, ತಗಡುಮಾಡಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾದ, ಹೊಂದಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬಲ್ಲ
- malleable in Tagalog
- pukpukin
- malleable in Persian
- چکش خور čakoš xor, قابل انعطاف qâbel-e en'etâf, انعطاف پذیر en'etâf pazir
Examples of malleable in a sentence
- And all over Hollywood, suits are licking their chops at the prospect of more malleable actors.
- But more importantly, we are malleable, dropping preconceived notions of what should or shouldn’t happen.
- It is a greyish white, high melting metal, very clinging, not very ductile and with difficulty malleable.
Synonyms of malleable
Forms of malleable
| comparative | more malleable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most malleable |
Origin of malleable
From Middle French malléable, borrowed from Late Latin malleābilis, derived from Latin malleāre (“to hammer”), from malleus (“hammer”), from Proto-Indo-European *mal-ni- (“crushing”), an extended variant of *melh₂- (“crush, grind”).
Words formed from malleable
Questions about malleable
- What does malleable mean?
- Malleable means able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
- What is malleable in Tamil?
- Malleable in Tamil is தகடாகத்தக்க, தகடாகும், தகடாக்கத் தக்க. See Malleable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is malleable?
- Malleable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce malleable?
- Malleable is pronounced /ˈmæl.iː.ə.bəl/.
Words near malleable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: malleable (page history and authors); malleable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malleable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Malleable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malleable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); malleable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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