"inconstant" meaning in English

See inconstant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more inconstant [comparative], most inconstant [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English inconstant, inconstante, inconstaunte, from Middle French inconstant and its etymon, Latin incōnstāns. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|inconstant}} Middle English inconstant, {{m|enm|inconstante}} inconstante, {{m|enm|inconstaunte}} inconstaunte, {{der|en|frm|inconstant}} Middle French inconstant, {{der|en|la|incōnstāns}} Latin incōnstāns Head templates: {{en-adj}} inconstant (comparative more inconstant, superlative most inconstant)
  1. Not constant; wavering. Translations (not constant): непостоянен (nepostojanen) (Bulgarian), колеблив (kolebliv) (Bulgarian), inconstant (Catalan), muuttuva (Finnish), vaihteleva (Finnish), epävakaa (Finnish), volubile (French), inconstant (French), ασταθής (astathís) (Greek), άστατος (ástatos) [masculine] (Greek), nekonstanta (Ido), variema (Ido), luaineach (Irish), incostante (Italian), discontinuo (Italian), volubile (Italian), incōnstāns (Latin), mūtābilis (Latin), miscīx (Latin), īnstabilis (Latin), lūbricus (Latin), volāticus (Latin), mōbilis (Latin), maritimus (Latin), flexibilis (Latin), dēvius (Latin), qluqi (Maltese), neuhaanagh (Manx), kirkinagh (Manx), anhickyr (Manx), anchinjagh (Manx), frittagh (Manx), inconstante (Portuguese), inconstant (Romanian), variabil (Romanian), nestatornic (Romanian), neconstant [rare] (Romanian), непостоя́нный (nepostojánnyj) (Russian), изме́нчивый (izménčivyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-inconstant-en-adj-CaSDqoOK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'not constant': 100 0
  2. Unfaithful to a lover.
    Sense id: en-inconstant-en-adj-k9DLfzrx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: inconstaunt [obsolete]

Alternative forms

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