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Etymology
Middle English malliable, borrowed from late Latin malleabilis|malle�bilis, derived from malleare|malle�re "to hammer", from malleus "hammer", from Proto-Indo-European *mal-ni- "crushing", an extended variant of *melH�- "crush, grind".

Pronunciation
US: IPA|/�mæli�b�l/, SAMPA|/"m{li@b@l/
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Hyphenation: mal·le·a·ble

Adjective
en-adj

1. Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
2. (metaphorical) flexible|Flexible, liable to change.

#: My opinion on the subject is malleable.

Related terms
malleability
malleableness
malleably
malleate

Translations
trans-top|able to be hammered into thin sheets
Finnish: takokelpoinen, taottava
French: t-|fr|malléable
German: hämmerbar, schmiedbar
trans-mid
Romanian: t|ro|maleabil
Russian: ковкий, пла��и�н�й
Slovak: kujný m, kujná f, kujné n
Spanish: t-|es|maleable
trans-bottom

trans-top|liable to change
Finnish: mukautuvainen
German: formbar, dehnbar
Romanian: t|ro|maleabil
trans-mid
Russian: пода�лив�й, во�п�иим�ив�й
trans-bottom

References
R:Webster 1913

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