"labile" meaning in English

See labile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈleɪbaɪl/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-labile.wav Forms: more labile [comparative], most labile [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪbaɪl Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from lābor, lābī (“slip; glide, flow”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|lābilis||apt to slip, transient}} Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} labile (comparative more labile, superlative most labile)
  1. Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize. Translations (liable to slip, err, fall or apostatize): лабилен (labilen) (Bulgarian), неустойчив (neustojčiv) (Bulgarian), labilní (Czech), labiili (Finnish), labil (German), labilny (Polish), làbbili (Sicilian), lábil (Spanish), labil (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-labile-en-adj-jaNEIaRF Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 28 13 24 Disambiguation of 'liable to slip, err, fall or apostatize': 90 6 2 2
  2. Apt or likely to change. Synonyms: unstable
    Sense id: en-labile-en-adj-LypPfidN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 33 22 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 1 1 1 18 35 13 17 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 21 36 14 17 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 23 40 14 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 23 40 12 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 22 39 16 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 38 13 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 38 14 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 43 13 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 24 42 13 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 38 15 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 22 42 13 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 26 41 14 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 22 42 13 23
  3. (chemistry, of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed). Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved): лабилен (labilen) (Bulgarian), làbil (Catalan), labilní (Czech), labiili (Finnish), labile (French), labile (Italian), làbbili (Sicilian), lábil (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-labile-en-adj-weUx7-pw Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved': 1 28 69 2
  4. (linguistics, of a verb) Able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-labile-en-adj-Zh7twHP9 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: frigolabile, heat labile, hemilabile, labile affect, labile verb, nonlabile, photolabile, stereolabile, thermolabile Related terms: lability, lapse
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      "word": "làbil"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved",
      "word": "labilní"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved",
      "word": "labiili"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved",
      "word": "labile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved",
      "word": "labile"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved",
      "word": "làbbili"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved",
      "word": "lábil"
    }
  ],
  "word": "labile"
}

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