"interchangeable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪntɚˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒəbl̩/ [General-American], [ɪɾ̃ɚˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒəbl̩] [General-American]
Etymology: From interchange + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|interchange|able}} interchange + -able Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} interchangeable (not comparable)
  1. Freely substitutable; that may be swapped at will. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: equivalent Translations (freely substitutable): взаимозаменяем (vzaimozamenjaem) (Bulgarian), intercanviable (Catalan), uitwisselbaar (Dutch), keskenään vaihtokelpoinen (Finnish), vaihtovuoroinen (Finnish), interchangeable (French), intercambiable (Galician), austauschbar (German), auswechselbar (German), εναλλάξιμος (enalláximos) (Greek), felcserélhető (Hungarian), egymással felcserélhető (Hungarian), intercambiabile (Italian), interscambiabile (Italian), utskiftbar (Norwegian Bokmål), utskiftbar (Norwegian Nynorsk), intercambiável [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), interschimbabil (Romanian), interșanjabil (Romanian), substituibil (Romanian), взаимозаменя́емый (vzaimozamenjájemyj) (Russian), intercambiable (Spanish), взаємозамі́нний (vzajemozamínnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-interchangeable-en-adj-9QK~1xlq Disambiguation of 'freely substitutable': 95 5
  2. Following each other in alternate succession; alternating. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-interchangeable-en-adj-Upfk6TtW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 54 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 26 46 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: interchangeability, interchangeably

Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪntɚˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒəbl̩/ [General-American], [ɪɾ̃ɚˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒəbl̩] [General-American] Forms: interchangeables [plural]
Etymology: From interchange + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|interchange|able}} interchange + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} interchangeable (plural interchangeables)
  1. Anything that can be interchanged; a substitute.
    Sense id: en-interchangeable-en-noun-3KnRLt2k

Adjective [French]

IPA: /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ʃɑ̃.ʒabl/ Forms: interchangeables [plural]
Etymology: From interchanger + -able. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|interchanger|-able}} interchanger + -able Head templates: {{fr-adj}} interchangeable (plural interchangeables)
  1. interchangeable, substitutable Derived forms: interchangeablement
    Sense id: en-interchangeable-fr-adj-HBCWfsvc Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -able

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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ʃɑ̃.ʒabl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "interchangeable"
}

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