"editable" meaning in English

See editable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-editable.wav [US]
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  1. Capable of being edited. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: modifiable Derived forms: noneditable Translations (capable of being edited): 能編輯 /能编辑 (néngbiānjí) (Chinese Mandarin), muokattava (Finnish), modifiable (French), editierbar (German), ניתן לעריכה (nitán la'arikhá) [masculine] (Hebrew), azo ovaina (Malagasy), edytowalny [masculine] (Polish), editável (Portuguese), editabil [masculine] (Romanian), düzenlenebilir (Turkish)
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