Dictionary

cancellable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree ▲ Old French cancelerbor. Anglo-Norman cancelerbor. Middle English cancellen English cancel Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English cancellable From cancel + -able.

Meanings

1. Which can be cancelled.
   • This commitment is not cancellable.
   • Originally a cab signal only, it had been modified to give a gradual brake application, cancellable by the driver. 1957 July 14, T. S. Lascelles, “British Signalling Developments since 1897”, in Railway Magazine, page 466:

Forms

Deriveds

uncancellable

Translations (6)

fi peruutettava (which can be cancelled) · fr résiliable (which can be cancelled) · nl annuleerbaar (which can be cancelled) · de annullierbar (which can be cancelled) · de stornierbar (which can be cancelled) · cs vypověditelný (which can be cancelled)