interchangeable

interchange +‎ -able

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪntɚˈtʃeɪndʒəbl̩/, [ɪɾ̃ɚˈtʃeɪndʒəbl̩]

interchangeable (not comparable)

1. Freely substitutable; that may be swapped at will.

   Eli Whitney's development of interchangeable parts was a breakthrough for modern manufacturing. Prior to that, each part had to be made custom.

   • 2014, Ian Jack, "Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian, 16 September 2014:

     The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England.

2. Following each other in alternate succession; alternating.

• interchangeability
• interchangeably

interchangeable (plural interchangeables)

1. Anything that can be interchanged; a substitute.

From interchanger +‎ -able

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ʃɑ̃.ʒabl/

interchangeable (plural interchangeables)

1. interchangeable, substitutable

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