انعطافپذیر
“انعطافپذیر” (enetefâf-pazir) — flexible, bendable in Persian. Adjective, level B1. Literally "fold-accepting": it bends rather than breaks. The soft word is already learned, so about a wire and a schedule one says this. This rubber is flexible, it is easy to fold — says the example. In a live sentence: “این لاستیک انعطافپذیر است، جمعش راحت است” — This rubber is flexible, it is easy to fold. Written with the characters ا, ن, ع, ط, ا, ف, پ, ذ, ی, ر.
In short
| Written in Persian | انعطافپذیر |
| Read in Latin letters | enetefâf-pazir |
| Translation | flexible, bendable |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "fold-accepting": it bends rather than breaks. The soft word is already learned, so about a wire and a schedule one says this. This rubber is flexible, it is easy to fold — says the example
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- این لاستیک انعطافپذیر است، جمعش راحت استin lâstik enetefâf-pazir ast, dzhamesh râhat astThis rubber is flexible, it is easy to fold
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “flexible, bendable” in Persian?
«انعطافپذیر», read “enetefâf-pazir”. In a live sentence: “این لاستیک انعطافپذیر است، جمعش راحت است” — This rubber is flexible, it is easy to fold. Adjective, level B1; written with the characters ا, ن, ع, ط, ا, ف, پ, ذ, ی, ر.
How is “انعطافپذیر” written in Latin letters?
enetefâf-pazir. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "fold-accepting": it bends rather than breaks. The soft word is already learned, so about a wire and a schedule one says this. This rubber is flexible, it is easy to fold — says the example. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.