Malleable — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

easily influenced

capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈæləbəl/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈaləbəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈaləbəl/

2 syllables Say it as /mˈæləbəl/.

Examples

ductile copper
malleable metals such as gold
they soaked the leather to made it pliable

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

pliable ductile tensile pliant tractile

Parts of Speech

adjective	easily influenced
adjective	capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out “ductile copper”

Word Forms

ductility	noun	the malleability of something that can be drawn into threads or wires or hammered into thin sheets
malleability	noun	the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking
pliability	noun	the property of being easily bent without breaking
pliantness	noun	the property of being pliant and flexible
pliancy	noun	the property of being pliant and flexible

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

formbar

leicht zu beeinflussen

🇫🇷French

malléable

facilement influençable

🇪🇸Spanish

maleable

fácilmente influenciable

🇮🇹Italian

malleabile

facilmente influenzabile

🇳🇱Dutch

kneedbaar

gemakkelijk te beïnvloeden

🇵🇹Portuguese

maleável

facilmente influenciado

🇷🇺Russian

податливый

легко поддается влиянию

India

🇮🇳Hindi

निंदनीय

आसानी से प्रभावित

🇧🇩Bengali

নমনীয়

সহজেই প্রভাবিত

🇮🇳Tamil

இணக்கமான

எளிதில் பாதிக்கப்படுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

సుతిమెత్తని

సులభంగా ప్రభావితం

🇮🇳Marathi

निंदनीय

सहज प्रभावित

🇮🇳Gujarati

નમ્ર

સરળતાથી પ્રભાવિત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೆತುವಾದ

ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಭಾವಿತವಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഒത്തുചേരാവുന്ന

എളുപ്പത്തിൽ സ്വാധീനിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਰਮ

ਆਸਾਨੀ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵਿਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

خراب

آسانی سے متاثر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

可塑性的

容易受到影响

🇯🇵Japanese

順応性のある

影響を受けやすい

🇰🇷Korean

온순한

쉽게 영향을 받음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

dễ uốn nắn

dễ bị ảnh hưởng

🇹🇭Thai

อ่อนได้

ได้รับอิทธิพลอย่างง่ายดาย

🇮🇩Indonesian

lunak

mudah dipengaruhi

🇵🇭Filipino

malambot

madaling maimpluwensyahan

🇲🇾Malay

mudah dibentuk

mudah terpengaruh

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

طيع

تتأثر بسهولة

🇮🇷Persian

چکش خوار

به راحتی تحت تاثیر قرار می گیرد

🇹🇷Turkish

dövülebilir

kolayca etkilenmek

🇮🇱Hebrew

חָשִׁיל

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