"fixable" meaning in English

See fixable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɪks.ə.bəl/ Forms: more fixable [comparative], most fixable [superlative]
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  1. Capable of being fixed, repairable. Translations (repairable): korjattava (Finnish), reparābilis (Latin)
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  2. attachable Translations (attachable): kiinnitettävä (Finnish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: unfixable
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