resilient

See also: résilient

English

Etymology

From Middle English resilient, from Old French resilient, from Latin resiliēns, present active participle of resiliō (“I leap or spring back”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

resilient (comparative more resilient, superlative most resilient)

(of objects or substances) Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic
(of systems, organisms or people) Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions.
- 1994, Michael Grumley, The Last Diary:
  He’s resilient, and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the weight of what he’s saying makes him stop, pause as if lost.

Synonyms

bendable
flexible
strong

Antonyms

brittle
fragile

Derived terms

resilience

Translations

able to weather tribulation without cracking

Arabic: مرن‎
Armenian: ճկուն (hy) (čkun), առաձգական (hy) (aṙajgakan) (of material)
Bulgarian: издръжлив (bg) (izdrǎžliv)
Catalan: elàstic, resistent
Dutch: veerkrachtig (nl), flexibel (nl)
Esperanto: fortika
Finnish: joustava (fi) (flexible), sitkeä (fi) (tough), tukeva (fi) (strong)
French: flexible (fr) m or f, résistant (fr) m, résilient (fr)
Georgian: დრეკადი (dreḳadi)
German: elastisch (de), federnd (de), spannkräftig, unverwüstlich, belastbar (de), resilient (de)
Greek: ελαστικός (el) m (elastikós), εύκαμπτος (el) m (éfkamptos), ανθεκτικός (el) m (anthektikós)
Hungarian: rugalmas (hu)
Italian: elastico (it), flessibile (it), resiliente (it)

Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: រឹងឆ្កឺត (rɨŋ ckəət), ស្ថិរ (km) (stʰe’ra’), ថិរៈ (tʰeerea’), ថាវរៈ (km) (tʰaavea’rea’), មាំទាំ (moam toam)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Pashto: کشکېدونکی‎ (kaškedunkay), غزېدونکی‎ (ǧazedunkay), څکېدونکی‎ (śkedunkay)
Polish: elastyczny (pl)
Portuguese: resiliente (pt), elástico (pt)
Quechua: anku
Russian: ги́бкий (ru) (gíbkij) (also of a person), эласти́чный (ru) (elastíčnyj) (of material), упру́гий (ru) (uprúgij)
Slovak: odolný m, pružný m, húževnatý m
Spanish: tenaz (es) m or f, resistente (es) m or f, resiliente
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: dirençli (tr), elastik (tr), esnek (tr), sağlam (tr)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Latin

Verb

resilient

third-person plural future active indicative of resiliō