s'assouplir in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for s'assouplir in the French»English Dictionary

I.assouplir [asupliʀ] VB trans

1. assouplir (rendre moins rigide):

assouplir cuir

to make [sth] supple

assouplir chaussures

to soften [sth] up

assouplir linge, lainage

to soften

assouplir corps, membres

to make [sth] more supple

assouplir muscles

to loosen

fig assouplir qn ou le caractère de qn

to make sb more accommodating

2. assouplir (rendre moins strict):

assouplir règlement, politique, sanctions

to relax

assouplir méthode, système

to make [sth] more flexible

assouplir régime alimentaire

to make [sth] less strict

assouplir sa position/son attitude

to adopt a more flexible position/attitude

un régime fiscal assoupli

a more flexible system of taxation

II.s'assouplir VB refl

1. s'assouplir (devenir moins rigide):

s'assouplir cuir:

to become supple

s'assouplir chaussures:

to soften up

s'assouplir linge, lainage:

to get softer

s'assouplir corps, membres:

to become more supple

s'assouplir fig caractère, personne:

to become more accommodating

2. s'assouplir (devenir moins strict):

s'assouplir règlement:

to become more relaxed

s'assouplir régime politique:

to relax

s'assouplir méthode, système:

to become more flexible

s'assouplir position, attitude:

to become less rigid

Translations for s'assouplir in the English»French Dictionary

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to improve the suppleness of joint, leather

assouplir

loosen up

assouplir

soften fabric

assouplir

soften approach, attitude, position, rule, view

assouplir

soften

s'assouplir (towards sb vis-à-vis de qn)

relax restrictions, discipline, policy

assouplir

relax discipline, policy, restrictions:

s'assouplir

slacken control, rule

assouplir

loosen fig laws, restrictions

assouplir

break in shoe

assouplir

to make sth soft fabric

assouplir qc

to stretch with wear shoes:

s'assouplir à l'usage

s'assouplir in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for s'assouplir in the French»English Dictionary

I.assouplir [asupliʀ] VB trans

1. assouplir (rendre plus souple):

assouplir cheveux, linge

to soften

assouplir le cuir

to make leather supple

assouplir les muscles

to exercise the muscles

2. assouplir (rendre moins rigoureux):

assouplir règlement

to relax

II.assouplir [asupliʀ] VB refl s'assouplir

1. assouplir (devenir plus souple):

s'assouplir

to soften

s'assouplir

to become supple

s'assouplir

to become more flexible

2. assouplir (devenir moins rigide):

s'assouplir

to relax

Translations for s'assouplir in the English»French Dictionary

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soften leather

s'assouplir

soften leather

assouplir

back-pedal (change one's mind)

assouplir sa position

s'assouplir Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

assouplir le cuir

to make leather supple

assouplir les muscles

to exercise the muscles

s'assouplir

to soften

s'assouplir

to become supple

s'assouplir

to become more flexible

s'assouplir

to relax

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

French

La raideur gothique commence à se civiliser ; le marbre essaie timidement de s'assouplir.

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