"foldable" meaning in English

See foldable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more foldable [comparative], most foldable [superlative]
Etymology: fold + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fold|able}} fold + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} foldable (comparative more foldable, superlative most foldable)
  1. That can be folded. Related terms: bendable, flexible, portable Translations (that can be folded): plegable (Catalan), taittuva (Finnish), faltbar (German), pieghevole (Italian), składalny (Polish), dobrável (Portuguese), складно́й (skladnój) (Russian), plegable (Spanish), hopfällbar (Swedish), ihopfällbar (Swedish), vikbar (Swedish), hopvikbar (Swedish), ihopvikbar (Swedish), fällbar (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-foldable-en-adj-7eJQvldm Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 59 41

Noun

Forms: foldables [plural]
Etymology: fold + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fold|able}} fold + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} foldable (plural foldables)
  1. Something that can be folded. Translations (Translations): składak [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-foldable-en-noun-jx-bdIrg

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for foldable meaning in English (3.5kB)

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