"alterable" meaning in English

See alterable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more alterable [comparative], most alterable [superlative]
Etymology: alter + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|alter|able}} alter + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} alterable (comparative more alterable, superlative most alterable)
  1. Capable of being changed, changeable, mutable Derived forms: alterableness, alterably Translations (capable of being changed): alterábel (Galician), alterable (Galician), so-cheaghley (Manx), alterável (Portuguese), mudável (Portuguese), modificável (Portuguese), schimbabil [masculine] (Romanian), alterabil [masculine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-alterable-en-adj-rvz-yAY0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 55 45

Noun

Forms: alterables [plural]
Etymology: alter + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|alter|able}} alter + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} alterable (plural alterables)
  1. Something that can be altered; a variable. Related terms: alterability
    Sense id: en-alterable-en-noun-gI6ev~i7

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for alterable meaning in English (2.5kB)

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