"inflectable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: inflect + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|inflect|able}} inflect + -able Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} inflectable (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics) That can be inflected. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (that can be inflected): fleksiebla (Esperanto), taipuva (Finnish), variable (French), beugbar (German), biegsam (German), veränderlich (German), flexibel (German), flektierbar (German), flexibilis (Latin), variabilis (Latin), odmienny (Polish), odmienialny (Polish)

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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "that can be inflected",
          "word": "fleksiebla"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "that can be inflected",
          "word": "taipuva"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "that can be inflected",
          "word": "variable"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "that can be inflected",
          "word": "beugbar"
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          "sense": "that can be inflected",
          "word": "biegsam"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that can be inflected",
          "word": "veränderlich"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that can be inflected",
          "word": "flexibel"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "that can be inflected",
          "word": "flektierbar"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "that can be inflected",
          "word": "flexibilis"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "that can be inflected",
          "word": "variabilis"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "that can be inflected",
          "word": "odmienny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "that can be inflected",
          "word": "odmienialny"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "inflectable"
}
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    }
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "that can be inflected",
      "word": "fleksiebla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that can be inflected",
      "word": "taipuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that can be inflected",
      "word": "variable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that can be inflected",
      "word": "beugbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that can be inflected",
      "word": "biegsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that can be inflected",
      "word": "veränderlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that can be inflected",
      "word": "flexibel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that can be inflected",
      "word": "flektierbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "that can be inflected",
      "word": "flexibilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "that can be inflected",
      "word": "variabilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "that can be inflected",
      "word": "odmienny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "that can be inflected",
      "word": "odmienialny"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inflectable"
}

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