Dictionary

ductile en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdʌk.taɪl/ (US)
• /ˈdʌk.taɪl/ (UK)
• /ˈdʌk.təl/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
   • ductile material
   • ductile shape
   • ductile state
   • ductile alloy
   • The ductile nature of copper makes it essential in electrical wiring.
   • Gold is highly ductile, allowing it to be drawn into very fine wires.
2. Molded easily into a new form.
   • their organisation was, by hereditary culture, much more ductile and more readily capable of acquiring knowledge than mine. 1871, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Coming Race, Chapter VII:
3. (rare) Led easily; prone to follow.

Forms

Antonyms

brittle (antonym(s) of “capable of being pulled into thin wire”)

Coordinates

malleable

Deriveds

ductile fracture · ductileness · ductile iron · ductilize · nonductile · ductilely · inductile · ductility · semiductile · ductilibility · ductilimeter

Relateds

duct · elastic · ductility

Synonyms

flexible (molded easily) · tractable (led easily) · plastic · pliant

Translations (45)

it duttile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · fi muokattava (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · fr ductile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · ca dúctil (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · da sej (molded easily into a new form) · bg ковък (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · de verformbar (molded easily into a new form) · bg пластичен (molded easily into a new form) · de fügsam (easily led) · fi hyväuskoinen (easily led) · mi kōngohe (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · mk ра́стеглив (molded easily into a new form) · sk poddajný m ovládateľný (easily led) · fi johdateltava (easily led) · mk по́слушен (easily led) · da stækbar (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · de duktil (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · ru послу́шный (easily led) · fi herkkäuskoinen (easily led) · no formbar (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · ru эластичный (molded easily into a new form) · pt dúctil (molded easily into a new form) · sk kujný m rozťažný (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · mk пла́стичен (molded easily into a new form) · da føjelig (easily led) · fi muokattava (molded easily into a new form) · el όλκιμος (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · mk по́датлив (easily led) · mk по́корен (easily led) · sv duktil (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · pt dúctil (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · pt dúctil (easily led) · da smidig (molded easily into a new form) · de formbar (molded easily into a new form) · de duktil (molded easily into a new form) · sv formbar (molded easily into a new form) · sk tvárny m tvarovateľný m poddajný (molded easily into a new form) · it trafilabile (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · ru тягучий (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · fi venyvä (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · mk ела́стичен (molded easily into a new form) · gv yn-sheeyney (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · bg податлив (easily led) · tr sünek (capable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire) · it duttile (molded easily into a new form)