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— English words —

• soften v. (Transitive) To make something soft or softer.
• soften v. (Transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
• soften v. (Transitive) To make less harsh.
• soften v. (Intransitive) To become soft or softer.
• soften v. (Transitive, intransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite.
• soften v. (Slavic phonology) To palatalize.

— English words, defined in French —

• soften v. (Intransitif) Mollir, adoucir.
• soften v. (Intransitif) Amortir.
• soften v. (Intransitif) Saper le morale de quelqu’un. Note d’usage : souvent utilisé sous la forme de soften up.
• soften v. (Intransitif) Rendre moins difficile.
• soften v. (Intransitif) (Transitif) (Phonétique) Lénifier.
• soften v. (Phonétique) Palataliser. Note d’usage : ce sens est spécifique aux langues slaves.

— In Dutch —

• soften w. (Dans) heel dicht bij elkaar dansen; heel intiem dansen.
• soften w. (Fotografie) waziger maken.

23 English words from 6 English definitions

become consonant harsh intransitive lenis lenite less make morale more often palatalize phonology Slavic soft soften soften␣up softer someone something the Transitive undermine

16 English words from 8 foreign definitions

aux Dans difficile est forme heel maken morale Note Rendre sens slaves soften soften␣up sous usage

22 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

adoucir Amortir bij dansen dicht d’usage elkaar Fotografie intiem Intransitif langues langues␣slaves Lénifier moins Mollir Palataliser Phonétique Saper souvent spécifique Transitif utilisé

18 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

softens softened softener soften␣up softeners softenest softeneth softening softens␣up softenable softened␣up softenings softeningly softening␣up soften␣the␣blow soften␣the␣ground soften␣up␣the␣ground soften␣someone's␣cough

20 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

resoftens resoftened unsoftened nonsoftened oversoftens presoftened resoftening unsoftening as␣often␣as␣not nonsoftening oversoftened unsoftenable oversoftening stool␣softener water␣softener fabric␣softener stool␣softeners water␣softeners water␣softening fabric␣softeners

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

resoften cards␣of␣ten oversoften

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

FTE oft OFT often SOF soft -soft ten TEN

11 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ETF fos FOs -fos fos- F/Os -fos- net Net NET .NET

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Fontes Sefton

19 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

confest eftsoon Feltons Fentons festino festoon foments fondest frontes frosten infoset notself oftness sent␣for sent␣off softens softner ten-fors UFO␣nest

26 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Eston ETNOs Etons fents foens fones Fonte fonts Fonts notes NOTES often onest 'onest onset Senft seton Seton set␣on SONET steno steno- stfen stone Stone tones

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

softer soft-on sooten

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

often

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