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ductility

/dəkˈtɪləti/duhk-TIH-luh-tee
/dəkˈtɪləti/duhk-TIH-luh-tee

Meaningbeing ductile

Common meaning: ability to be drawn out thin

Journey through time

  1. Latinducere‘to lead’source
  2. Latinductilis‘easily led’source
  3. Frenchductile‘easily hammered’source
  4. Englishductile‘able to be drawn out into wire’
  5. Englishformed in English from ductileductility‘ability to be drawn out thin’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from ductile + -ity.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DUCTILE, p.182 · scan

Source words

  • ducere Latin · source word “to lead”

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