"labile" meaning in All languages combined

See labile on Wiktionary

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: 11 46 43
  2. indefinite plural of labil Tags: form-of, indefinite, plural Form of: labil
    Sense id: en-labile-da-adj-YPyHMJcO Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 11 46 43
  3. definite plural of labil Tags: definite, form-of, plural Form of: labil
    Sense id: en-labile-da-adj-t2sUcZxu Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 11 46 43

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈleɪbaɪl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-labile.wav 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”) 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): лабилен (labilen) (Bulgarian), неустойчив (neustojčiv) (Bulgarian), labilní (Czech), labiili (Finnish), labil (German), labilny (Polish), làbbili (Sicilian), lábil (Spanish), labil (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-labile-en-adj-jaNEIaRF Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 28 13 24 Disambiguation of 'liable to slip, err, fall or apostatize': 90 6 2 2
  2. Apt or likely to change. Synonyms: unstable
    Sense id: en-labile-en-adj-LypPfidN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 33 22 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 1 2 2 17 35 13 16 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 2 21 35 14 17 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 40 14 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 23 40 12 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 22 39 16 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 38 13 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 38 14 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 39 14 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 24 42 13 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 38 15 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 22 42 13 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 26 41 14 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 22 42 13 23
  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), labilní (Czech), labiili (Finnish), labile (French), labile (Italian), làbbili (Sicilian), lábil (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-labile-en-adj-weUx7-pw Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved': 1 28 69 2
  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 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frigolabile, heat labile, hemilabile, labile affect, labile verb, nonlabile, photolabile, stereolabile, thermolabile Related terms: lability, lapse

Adjective [French]

IPA: /la.bil/ Audio: Fr-BE-BW--labile.ogg 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”) Head templates: {{fr-adj}} labile (plural labiles)
  1. labile
    Sense id: en-labile-fr-adj-dXrc56xR Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries

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: {{bor+|it|la|lābilis||apt to slip, transient}} Borrowed from Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”) 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, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries

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): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Polish translations",
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        "Swedish adjective forms",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish non-lemma forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "labil"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "definite natural masculine singular of labil"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "labil",
          "labil#Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "natural",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "labile"
}

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