"labile" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Danish]

Head templates: {{head|da|adjective form}} labile
  1. definite singular of labil Tags: definite, form-of, singular Form of: labil
    Sense id: en-labile-da-adj-tzW~ykZd Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 60 22 18
  2. indefinite plural of labil Tags: form-of, indefinite, plural Form of: labil
    Sense id: en-labile-da-adj-YPyHMJcO
  3. definite plural of labil Tags: definite, form-of, plural Form of: labil
    Sense id: en-labile-da-adj-t2sUcZxu

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈleɪbaɪl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-labile.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more labile [comparative], most labile [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪbaɪl Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from lābor, lābī (“slip; glide, flow”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|lābilis||apt to slip, transient}} Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), {{m|la|lābor|lābor, lābī|slip; glide, flow}} lābor, lābī (“slip; glide, flow”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} labile (comparative more labile, superlative most labile)
  1. Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize. Translations (liable to slip, err, fall or apostatize): неустойчив (neustojčiv) (Bulgarian), labiili (Finnish), labil (German), labilny (Polish), làbbili (Sicilian), lábil (Spanish), labil (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-labile-en-adj-jaNEIaRF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 28 34 18 Disambiguation of 'liable to slip, err, fall or apostatize': 91 6 2 1
  2. Apt or likely to change. Synonyms: unstable
    Sense id: en-labile-en-adj-LypPfidN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 28 34 18
  3. (chemistry, of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed). Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved): лабилен (labilen) (Bulgarian), làbil (Catalan), labiili (Finnish), labile (French), labile (Italian), làbbili (Sicilian), lábil (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-labile-en-adj-weUx7-pw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 28 34 18 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved': 2 27 68 3
  4. (linguistics, of a verb) Able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-labile-en-adj-Zh7twHP9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 28 34 18 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frigolabile, hemilabile, labile verb, nonlabile, photolabile, stereolabile, thermolabile Related terms: lability, lapse

Adjective [French]

IPA: /la.bil/ Audio: Fr-BE-BW--labile.ogg [Belgium] Forms: labiles [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French labile, borrowed from Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from lābor, lābī (“slip; glide, flow”). Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|labile}} Middle French labile, {{der|fr|la|lābilis||apt to slip, transient}} Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), {{m|la|lābor|lābor, lābī|slip; glide, flow}} lābor, lābī (“slip; glide, flow”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} labile (plural labiles)
  1. labile
    Sense id: en-labile-fr-adj-dXrc56xR Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Italian]

IPA: /ˈla.bi.le/ Forms: labili [plural]
Rhymes: -abile Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from lābī (“slip; glide, flow”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|it|la|lābilis||apt to slip, transient|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), {{bor+|it|la|lābilis||apt to slip, transient}} Borrowed from Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), {{m|la|lābor|lābī|slip; glide, flow}} lābī (“slip; glide, flow”) Head templates: {{it-adj}} labile (plural labili)
  1. fleeting, ephemeral
    Sense id: en-labile-it-adj-apVHyRx3 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
  2. fickle
    Sense id: en-labile-it-adj-7IIqXmEe Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: labilmente

Adjective [Latin]

Forms: lābile [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form|head=lābile}} lābile
  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of lābilis Tags: accusative, form-of, neuter, nominative, singular, vocative Form of: lābilis
    Sense id: en-labile-la-adj-rmihLG3J Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|adjective form}} labile
  1. definite natural masculine singular of labil Tags: definite, form-of, masculine, natural, singular Form of: labil
    Sense id: en-labile-sv-adj-AQHaCYTP Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for labile meaning in All languages combined (12.5kB)

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      "word": "photolabile"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neustojčiv",
      "sense": "liable to slip, err, fall or apostatize",
      "word": "неустойчив"
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      "word": "labiili"
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      "word": "làbbili"
    },
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved",
      "word": "labiili"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved",
      "word": "labile"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved",
      "word": "labile"
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      "sense": "kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved",
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    },
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}

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          "english": "It's true that the link between words and nature is unstable, but sometimes it's surprising how pronounced it is.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈla.bi.le/"
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        "Swedish adjective forms",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish non-lemma forms"
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        "masculine",
        "natural",
        "singular"
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