ductile

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin ductilis (“easily led”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌk.taɪl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʌk.təl/, /ˈdʌk.taɪl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʌktaɪl

Adjective

ductile (comparative more ductile, superlative most ductile)

1. Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.

   ductile material

   ductile shape

   ductile alloy

   ductile state

2. Molded easily into a new form.
3. (rare) Led easily; prone to follow.

See also

• elastic

Anagrams

• dulcite

Etymology

From Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dyk.til/

• Audio:

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Adjective

ductile (plural ductiles)

1. ductile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire)

Further reading

• “ductile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• dulcite

Adjective

ductile

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of ductilis

References

• "ductile", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)