flébile

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flēbilis, from fleo (“to cry”). Doublet of faible, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fle.bil/

Adjective

flébile (plural flébiles)

(rare, literary) whiny, doleful

Further reading

“flébile” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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