souple
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuːpəl/
Etymology 1
From a UK dialect form of supple.
Adjective
souple (not comparable)
- Of raw silk: deprived of its silk-glue.
Noun
souple (plural souples)
- The part of a flail that strikes the grain[1].
References
- 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary
Anagrams
- Loupes, Peluso, Puleos, loupes, poules
French
Etymology
From Latin supplex.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /supl/
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Adjective
souple (plural souples)
- supple
- yielding
- flexible
Related terms
- assouplir
- souplesse
Further reading
- “souple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- loupes, poules
Middle English
Etymology
Old French souple and Anglo-Norman souple, from Latin supplex
Adjective
souple
- flexible; supple
- 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
- His bootes souple, his hors in greet estaat.
- His boots flexible, his horse in a fine condition
- His bootes souple, his hors in greet estaat.
- 14th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue
Descendants
- → English: supple
Old French
Noun
souple m (oblique and nominative feminine singular souple)
- supple (which bends readily)
- circa 1170, La vie de St. Emonde
- keue souple
- Supple tail
- keue souple
- circa 1170, La vie de St. Emonde