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語源 1

Borrowed from French souple; a doublet of supple.

形容詞

souple (not comparable)

1. Of raw silk: deprived of its silk-glue.

語源 2

Borrowed from Middle Scots sowpill, from 中期英語 swepels, from swepen +‎ -els; a doublet of swipple.

名詞

souple (plural souples)

1. A swipple; the part of a flail that strikes the grain.

参照

アナグラム

• Loupes, Peluso, Puleos, loupes, poules

別の表記

• sople, suple, supple (Late Middle English)

発音

• IPA: /ˈsuːpəl/, /ˈsuːplə/
• IPA: /ˈsupəl/ (Late Middle English, also)

形容詞

souple

1. pliant, supple
   • 14 Century, Chaucer, General Prologue

     His bootes souple, his hors in greet estaat.

     His boots flexible, his horse in a fine condition

2. obedient, submissive, meek
3. (rare) flexible, bendy
4. (rare) benevolent, beneficent

派生語

• souplen

派生した語

• English: supple

参照

• “sǒuple, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

語源 2

動詞

souple

1. alternative form of souplen