resilient

See also: résilient

English

From Middle English resilient, from Old French resilient, from Latin resiliēns, present active participle of resiliō (“I leap or spring back”).

resilient (comparative more resilient, superlative most resilient)

(of objects or substances) Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic
(of systems, organisms or people) Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions.
- 1994, Michael Grumley, The Last Diary:
  He’s resilient, and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the weight of what he’s saying makes him stop, pause as if lost.

able to weather tribulation without cracking

Arabic: مرن‎‎
Armenian: ճկուն (hy) (čkun), առաձգական (hy) (aṙajgakan) (of material)
Bulgarian: издръжлив (bg) (izdrǎžliv)
Catalan: elàstic, resistent
Dutch: veerkrachtig (nl), flexibel (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: joustava (fi) (flexible), sitkeä (fi) (tough), tukeva (fi) (strong)
French: flexible (fr) m, f, résistant (fr) m
Georgian: დრეკადი (dreḳadi)
German: elastisch (de), federnd (de), spannkräftig, unverwüstlich, belastbar (de)
Greek: ελαστικός (el) m (elastikós), εύκαμπτος (el) m (éfkamptos), ανθεκτικός (el) m (anthektikós)
Hungarian: rugalmas (hu)
Italian: elastico (it), flessibile (it)

Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: រឹងឆ្កឺត (rɨŋ ckəət), ស្ថិរ (km) (stʰe’ra’), ថិរៈ (tʰeerea’), ថាវរៈ (km) (tʰaavea’rea’), មាំទាំ (moam toam)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Pashto: کشکېدونکی‎‎ (kaškedunkay), غزېدونکی‎‎ (ǧazedunkay), څکېدونکی‎‎ (śkedunkay)
Polish: elastyczny (pl)
Portuguese: resiliente (pt), elástico (pt)
Quechua: anku
Russian: ги́бкий (ru) (gíbkij) (also of a person), эласти́чный (ru) (elastíčnyj) (of material), упру́гий (ru) (uprúgij)
Slovak: húževnatý
Spanish: tenaz (es) m, f, resistente (es) m, f
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: dirençli (tr), elastik (tr), esnek (tr), sağlam (tr)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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