retractable

See also: rétractable

English

Etymology

retract +‎ -able

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹiˈtɹæktɪbəl/, /ɹəˈtɹæktəbəl/

Adjective

retractable (not comparable)

Capable of being retracted; retractile.

Derived terms

Translations

capable of being retracted

Catalan: retractable (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 伸缩自如的
Finnish: sisäänvedettävä
French: rétractable (fr) m or f, rétractile (fr) m or f

German: einziehbar
Italian: retrattile (it), rientrabile, retraibile, ritrattabile
Manx: yn-chraplaghey, yn-hirkaghey, yn-yrjaghey
Russian: втя́гивающийся (ru) (vtjágivajuščijsja), убира́ющийся (ru) (ubirájuščijsja)
Swedish: infällbar, indragbar

See also

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Noun

retractable (plural retractables)

A retractable pen.
- 1979, Douglas Adams, chapter 21, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy:
  
  Somewhere in the cosmos, he said, […] there was also a planet entirely given over to Biro life forms. […] Veet Voogajig suddenly claimed to have found this planet, and to have worked there for a while driving a limousine for a family of cheap green retractables […]

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