souple
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom a UK dialect form of supple.
Adjective
editsouple (not comparable)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editsouple (plural souples)
References
edit- ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Souple”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editsouple (plural souples)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “souple”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editEtymology
editOld French souple and Anglo-Norman souple, from Latin supplex
Adjective
editsouple
- 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
edit- → English: supple
Old French
editNoun
editsouple 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
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