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Detailed Translations for pliant from English to French

pliant:

pliant adj

  1. pliant (flexible; yielding; supple)
    flexible; avec souplesse; souple; élastique; maniable
  2. pliant (approachable; responsive; obliging; )
    accessible; avenant; abordable; approchable; ouvert; indulgent
  3. pliant (well bred; polite; well-mannered; )
    poli; courtois; propre; poliment; galant; complaisant; soigné; comme il faut; courtoisement; bien élevé; civil; cultivé; serviable; civilisé; instruit; prévenant

Translation Matrix for pliant:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
civil citizen
civilisé civilised; civilized; cultivated
élastique elastic; rubber band
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
ouvert approachable; complaisant; forward; graciously; obliging; pliable; pliant; responsive accessible; achievable; amenable; approachable; driveable; fair; frank; honest; not closed; open; opened; opened up; plain; realizable; sincere; straight; straightforward; uncultivated; unlocked; untilled; vacant; within reach
- bendable; ductile; elastic; flexible; malleable; plastic; pliable; tensile; tractile; waxy
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abordable approachable; complaisant; forward; graciously; obliging; pliable; pliant; responsive accessible; achievable; affordable; amenable; approachable; driveable; frank; open; payable; realizable; reasonably priced; within reach
accessible approachable; complaisant; forward; graciously; obliging; pliable; pliant; responsive accessible; achievable; amenable; approachable; driveable; frank; open; realizable; within reach
approchable approachable; complaisant; forward; graciously; obliging; pliable; pliant; responsive accessible; achievable; driveable; realizable; within reach
avec souplesse flexible; pliant; supple; yielding flexible; limber; lithe; supple
avenant approachable; complaisant; forward; graciously; obliging; pliable; pliant; responsive accessible; affable; agreeable; amenable; amiable; approachable; beloved; benign; bland; cute; dear; enjoyable; frank; friendly; nice; open; pleasant; sweet; taking
bien élevé chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; responsive; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered chivalrous; civil; civilised; civilized; courteous; cultivated; cultured; dignified; polite; proper; properly; reputable; respectable; well raised; well-mannered
civil chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; responsive; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered a kind manner; civil; courteous; courtly; polite
civilisé chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; responsive; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered chivalrous; civil; civilised; civilized; courteous; cultivated; cultured; dignified; polite; proper; properly; reputable; respectable; well-mannered
comme il faut chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; responsive; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered as it should be; becoming; chivalrous; courteous; decent; dignified; effective; efficient; fair; fit; honest; honorable; honourable; just; proper; properly; reputable; respectable; right-minded; righteous; sincere; suitable; suitably; true-hearted; upright; well-mannered
complaisant chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; responsive; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered accommodating; complaisant; compliant; cooperative; docile; flexible; obedient; obliging; pliable; ready; servient; simple to operate; submissive; tolerant; tractable; willing; willingly; yielding
courtois chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; responsive; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered a kind manner; chivalrous; civil; civilised; civilized; courteous; courtly; cultivated; cultured; dignified; mannerly; polite; proper; properly; reputable; respectable; well-mannered
courtoisement chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; responsive; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered a kind manner; civil; civilised; civilized; courteous; cultivated; cultured; polite
cultivé chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; responsive; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered academic; chivalrous; civil; civilised; civilized; clever; courteous; cultivated; cultured; developed; dignified; educated; erudite; exploited; intelligent; learned; lettered; polite; proper; properly; reclamated; reputable; respectable; sage; scholarly; smart; under crop; university-educated; very learned; well-educated; well-mannered; well-read; wise
flexible flexible; pliant; supple; yielding amenable; docile; elastic; flexible; humble; kneadable; limber; lithe; malleable; maneuverable; manoeuvrable; meek; mouldable; plastic; pliable; resilient; slavishly; springy; submissive; supple; workable
galant chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; responsive; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered a kind manner; civil; civilised; civilized; courteous; courtly; cultivated; cultured; polite
indulgent approachable; complaisant; forward; graciously; obliging; pliable; pliant; responsive a kind manner; accommodating; charitabel; clement; complaisant; compliant; emphatitic; flexible; forbearing; forgiving; gracious; lenient; merciful; obliging; permissive; pliable; ready; servient; simple to operate; submissive; sympathetic; tolerant; tractable; willing; yielding
instruit chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; responsive; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered academic; erudite; learned; lettered; sage; scholarly; university-educated; very learned; well-educated; well-read; wise
maniable flexible; pliant; supple; yielding amenable; controllable; docile; domesticated; flexible; handy; house-trained; humble; kneadable; malleable; manageable; maneuverable; manoeuvrable; meek; mouldable; plastic; pliable; simple to operate; slavishly; submissive; supple; tame; tamed; workable
poli chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; responsive; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered a kind manner; chivalrous; civil; civilised; civilized; courteous; courtly; cultivated; cultured; dignified; ground off; polished; polite; proper; properly; reputable; respectable; sharpened; shined; smoothened; well sharpened; well-mannered
poliment chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; responsive; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered a kind manner; civil; civilised; civilized; courteous; cultivated; cultured; polite
propre chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; responsive; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered characteristic; chaste; chivalrous; clean; clean as a whistle; cleaned; cleanly; cleansed; courteous; dignified; distinctive; hygienic; immaculate; impeccable; neat; neatly; pristine; proper; properly; pure; reputable; respectable; sanitary; spotless; tidied; tidy; typical; unspoiled; untainted; virginal; well-mannered
prévenant chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; responsive; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered a kind manner; benevolent; considerate; good-natured; kind; mild; obliging
serviable chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; responsive; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered assistent; attentive; benevolent; complaisant; docile; good-natured; helpful; kind; meek; mild; obedient; obliging; ready; servient; submissive; tractable; willing
soigné chivalrous; civil; complaisant; courteous; courtly; forward; mannerly; obliging; pliable; pliant; polite; responsive; well bred; well educated; well-educated; well-mannered accurate; aesthetic; careful; cautious; civil; civilised; civilized; classical; classy; cleanly; conscientious; conservative; courteous; cultivated; cultured; elegant; esthetic; glamorous; glamourous; graceful; in good style; in good taste; meticulous; neatly; polite; precise; provided for; scrupulous; scupulous; smart; sophisticated; stylish; taken care of; tasteful; thorough; tidy
souple flexible; pliant; supple; yielding accommodating; amenable; complaisant; compliant; docile; flexible; humble; kneadable; limber; lithe; malleable; maneuverable; manoeuvrable; meek; mouldable; obliging; plastic; pliable; ready; servient; simple to operate; slavishly; submissive; supple; tolerant; tractable; willing; workable; yielding
élastique flexible; pliant; supple; yielding elastic; flexible; kneadable; malleable; mouldable; plastic; pliable; resilient; springy; supple; workable

Related Words for "pliant":

  • pliantly

Synonyms for "pliant":


Related Definitions for "pliant":

  1. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking1
    • a pliant young tree1
  2. able to adjust readily to different conditions1
  3. capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out1
    • pliant molten glass1
  4. capable of being influenced or formed1
    • a pliant nature1

Wiktionary Translations for pliant:

pliant
adjective
  1. Qui est flexible, qui se plier aisément sans se rompre, sans s’abîmer.

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French

Detailed Translations for pliant from French to English

pliant:

pliant adj

  1. pliant (escamotable)
    foldaway; tip-up; swing-back

pliant [le ~] nomen

  1. le pliant (strapontin; chaise pliante)
    the folding chair; the tip-up chair; the theatre seat

Translation Matrix for pliant:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
folding chair chaise pliante; pliant; strapontin
theatre seat chaise pliante; pliant; strapontin
tip-up chair chaise pliante; pliant; strapontin
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
foldaway escamotable; pliant
tip-up escamotable; pliant
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
swing-back escamotable; pliant

Synonyms for "pliant":


Wiktionary Translations for pliant:

pliant
adjective
  1. made to fold
  2. easily bent or formed

pliant form of plier:

plier verb (plie, plies, plions, pliez, )

  1. plier (déplier; replier; se déplier; plier en deux; rabattre)
    to fold
    • fold verb (folds, folded, folding)
  2. plier (courber; recourber; s'incliner; se courber; s'incurver)
    to bow; to arch; to curve
    • bow verb (bows, bowed, bowing)
    • arch verb (arches, arched, arching)
    • curve verb (curves, curved, curving)
  3. plier (honorer; fléchir; cambrer; courber)
    bow in honour; to curve
  4. plier (se courber; se tordre; courber; )
    to curve; to arch
    • curve verb (curves, curved, curving)
    • arch verb (arches, arched, arching)
  5. plier (infléchir; courber; économiser; replier; incurver)
    to bend; to turn back; to change
    • bend verb (bends, bended, bending)
    • turn back verb (turns back, turned back, turning back)
    • change verb (changes, changed, changing)
  6. plier (essorer; tordre; tortiller; )
    to wrench; to wring out
    • wrench verb (wrenches, wrenched, wrenching)
    • wring out verb (wrings out, wrung out, wringing out)
  7. plier (déplier; dérouler; se déplier; )
    to unfold; to spread out; to fold out; to fold open
    • unfold verb (unfolds, unfolded, unfolding)
    • spread out verb (spreads out, spread out, spreading out)
    • fold out verb (folds out, folded out, folding out)
    • fold open verb (folds open, folded open, folding open)
  8. plier (plier en deux)
    to fold in two; to fold up
    • fold in two verb (folds in two, folded in two, folding in two)
    • fold up verb (folds up, folded up, folding up)
  9. plier (fléchir en deux; fléchir)
    to double; to fold down
    • double verb (doubles, doubled, doubling)
    • fold down verb (folds down, folded down, folding down)
  10. plier (avoir tendance à; tendre à; pencher; )
    to tend to; to incline
    • tend to verb (tends to, tended to, tending to)
    • incline verb (inclines, inclined, inclining)
  11. plier
    to fold down; to fold over
    • fold down verb (folds down, folded down, folding down)
    • fold over verb (folds over, folded over, folding over)

Conjugations for plier:

Présent
  1. plie
  2. plies
  3. plie
  4. plions
  5. pliez
  6. plient
imparfait
  1. pliais
  2. pliais
  3. pliait
  4. pliions
  5. pliiez
  6. pliaient
passé simple
  1. pliai
  2. plias
  3. plia
  4. pliâmes
  5. pliâtes
  6. plièrent
futur simple
  1. plierai
  2. plieras
  3. pliera
  4. plierons
  5. plierez
  6. plieront
subjonctif présent
  1. que je plie
  2. que tu plies
  3. qu'il plie
  4. que nous pliions
  5. que vous pliiez
  6. qu'ils plient
conditionnel présent
  1. plierais
  2. plierais
  3. plierait
  4. plierions
  5. plieriez
  6. plieraient
passé composé
  1. ai plié
  2. as plié
  3. a plié
  4. avons plié
  5. avez plié
  6. ont plié
divers
  1. plie!
  2. pliez!
  3. plions!
  5. plié
  6. pliant
1. je, 2. tu, 3. il/elle/on, 4. nous, 5. vous, 6. ils/elles

Translation Matrix for plier:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
arch arc; arcade; arche; courbe; voûte; voûte en plein-cintre
bend bibine; boucle; coude; courbe; courbement; courbure; flexion; inclinaison; inclination; rondeur; sinuosité; tournant; virage
bow arc; archet; courbure; flexion; manche du violon; ogive; racloire; radoire; étrave
change alternance; altération; amendement; changement; changement de cap; changement de direction; commerce d'échange; conversion; déplacement; développement; marchandage; menue monnaie; modification; monnaie; monnaie d'échange; mutation; métamorphose; permutation; point culminant; remaniement; renversement; retournement; revirement; révision; substitution; transfert; transformation; troc; virement de bord; volte-face; échange
curve arc; arcade; arche; bibine; boucle; coude; courbe; courbement; courbure; flexion; inclinaison; inclination; revirement; rondeur; sinuosité; tournant; virage; virement; voûte
double cascadeur; double; double jeu; fait de doubler; sosie
fold bergerie; fronce; pli; plissage; plissement
incline accotement; angle de pente; bas-côté; berge; inclination; pente; rampe; talus
wrench clef de serrage; clé
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
arch courber; fléchir; plier; recourber; s'incliner; s'incurver; se courber; se tordre; se voûter
bend courber; incurver; infléchir; plier; replier; économiser altérer; arquer; cambrer; changer; courber; céder; déjeter; fléchir; modifier; recourber; renverser; s'affaisser; se déformer; se tourmenter
bow courber; plier; recourber; s'incliner; s'incurver; se courber arquer; avoir du respect pour quelqu'un; cambrer; courber; déjeter; fléchir; recourber; respecter; s'incliner; témoigner du respect à quelqu'un
bow in honour cambrer; courber; fléchir; honorer; plier
change courber; incurver; infléchir; plier; replier; économiser alterner; altérer; amender; annuler; changer; changer d'habits; changer de place; confondre; déguiser; embarrasser; faire un échange; modifier; permuter; prendre la correspondance; recommencer; rectifier; refaire; refondre; remanier; renverser; renvoyer; restructurer; retravailler; revêtir; réformer; réorganiser; réviser; se changer; substituer; tourner en sens contraire; transformer; troquer; troquer contre; varier; échanger; échanger contre
curve cambrer; courber; fléchir; honorer; plier; recourber; s'incliner; s'incurver; se courber; se tordre; se voûter
double fléchir; fléchir en deux; plier augmenter du double; doubler; redoubler; reproduire
fold déplier; plier; plier en deux; rabattre; replier; se déplier
fold down fléchir; fléchir en deux; plier
fold in two plier; plier en deux plier en deux
fold open déplier; déployer; dérouler; plier; se déplier; étaler; étendre
fold out déplier; déployer; dérouler; plier; se déplier; étaler; étendre échelonner; étaler; étendre
fold over plier
fold up plier; plier en deux plier en deux; relever; replier
incline avoir tendance à; courber; fléchir; pencher; plier; recourber; s'incliner; tendre à aller en pente; descendre en pente douce; s'incliner; se pencher; surplomber
spread out déplier; déployer; dérouler; plier; se déplier; étaler; étendre échelonner; étaler; étendre
tend to avoir tendance à; courber; fléchir; pencher; plier; recourber; s'incliner; tendre à avoir tendance à; tendre à
turn back courber; incurver; infléchir; plier; replier; économiser
unfold déplier; déployer; dérouler; plier; se déplier; étaler; étendre débouler; déployer; dérouler; développer; déverser; ouvrir; s'ouvrir brusquement; se dérouler; se retirer; échelonner; étaler; étendre
wrench courber; essorer; fléchir; plier; recourber; s'incliner; tordre; tortiller agiter; disloquer; déboîter; essorer; faire bouger en tirant; osciller; passer en se tortillant; se boudiner; se faire une entorse; se fouler; se tordre; secouer; tordre; tordre légèrement; tortiller; tournoyer
wring out courber; essorer; fléchir; plier; recourber; s'incliner; tordre; tortiller
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
arch amusant; drôle; drôlement; espiègle; plaisant; rigolo
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
double ambigu; ambiguë; binaire; double; doublement; pour deux personnes; à deux personnes; équivoque

Synonyms for "plier":


Wiktionary Translations for plier:

plier
verb
  1. Mettre en double... (sens général)
  2. Courber, fléchir
  3. Assujettir, soumettre
plier
verb
  1. make the proper arrangement (in a thin material) by bending
  2. bend (thin material) over
  3. to bend; to fold
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
• plier → fold ↔ vouwen — twee delen over een naad tezamen buigen
• plier → bend ↔ buigen — krommend vervormen
• plier → fold ↔ falten — umbiegen und zusammenlegen

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