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French word
flexibilité
Pronunciation
IPA/flɛksibilite/
Meaning
- feminine nounflexibility
Example
La flexibilité est appréciée au travail.
Flexibility is valued in the workplace.
More examples
La flexibilité des horaires facilite la conciliation travail-famille.
Flexibility in work schedules facilitates work-family balance.
Core concept
A person or system bends with changing conditions instead of breaking.
Common phrases
faire preuve de flexibilité
demonstrate flexibility
flexibilité des horaires
schedule flexibility
offrir de la flexibilité
offer flexibility
Similar words
souplesse: The ease of changing thoughts, plans, or attitudes.
adaptabilité: The ability to change actions or methods to suit changing circumstances.
latitude: The room or freedom available when making choices or decisions.
ouverture: A readiness to accept new opinions or differing views.
Definition in French
Capacité d'une personne ou d'un système à s'adapter facilement aux changements de situation.
Word origin
French flexibilité derives from flexible with the noun suffix -ité, while flexible comes from Latin flexibilis, meaning able to bend.
Usage tips
- Flexibilité is feminine, so its article is la; the related adjective is flexible, as in des horaires flexibles.
Other meanings
- adaptabilitynoun
Opposites
- rigiditérigiditynoun
- inflexibilitéinflexibilitynoun
Related words
- flexibleflexibleadjective
- flexibilisermake flexibleverb