Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

souple

/ˈsuːpəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sou-ple
IPA: /ˈsuːpəl/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of raw silk: deprived of its silk-glue.

noun

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French souple; a doublet of supple.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: swepels

Inflected Forms

souples (plural)

Rhymes With

pupil quadruple tuple pupal quintuple scruple sextuple duple octuple centuple cupel

Questions

How do you pronounce souple?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsuːpəl/.
What does souple mean?: Of raw silk: deprived of its silk-glue.
Where does souple come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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