changeable

English

Etymology

From Old French changeable

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒəbəl/

Adjective

changeable (comparative more changeable, superlative most changeable)

Capable of being changed.
Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
The weather is very changeable today: we've had bright sunshine, clouds, wind and rain in the same half-hour.
(of a species) Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.

Derived terms

Translations

capable of being changed

Chinese:
Mandarin: 可改變的, 可改变的 (kě gǎibiàn de), 可替換的, 可替换的 (kě tìhuàn de)
Esperanto: ŝanĝebla
Finnish: vaihdettava (fi), vaihdettavissa oleva
French: changeable (fr) m or f
Georgian: ცვალებადი (cvalebadi)
German: änderbar, veränderlich (de)

Italian: mutevole (it)
Japanese: 変えられる (かえられる, kaerareru)
Latin: mūtābilis
Portuguese: mudável (pt), modificável, alterável (pt)
Romanian: schimbabil, modificabil (ro)
Russian: изменя́емый (ru) (izmenjájemyj)
Scots: immis
Spanish: cambiable, cambiante (es)

subject to sudden or frequent changes

Bulgarian: променлив (bg) (promenliv), непостоянен (bg) (nepostojanen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 多變 (zh), 多变 (zh) (duōbiàn), 善變 (zh), 善变 (zh) (shànbiàn)
Finnish: vaihteleva (fi)
French: changeant (fr)
Georgian: ცვალებადი (cvalebadi)
German: wechselhaft (de), wandelbar (de)
Irish: luaineach

Italian: ondivago (it) m
Japanese: 変わりやすい (かわりやすい, kawariyasui)
Maori: taurangi
Portuguese: variável (pt)
Romanian: schimbăcios (ro), schimbător (ro), nestatornic (ro)
Russian: изме́нчивый (ru) (izménčivyj), переме́нчивый (ru) (pereménčivyj), непостоя́нный (ru) (nepostojánnyj)
Spanish: variable (es), cambiante (es)

capable of camouflaging

Chinese:
Mandarin: 變色的, 变色的 (biànsè de)

Finnish: väriään vaihtava
French: please add this translation if you can

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃.ʒabl/

Adjective

changeable (plural changeables)

changeable (capable of being changed)

Related terms

see changer

Further reading

“changeable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.