Dictionary

collapsible en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kəˈlæps.ə.bəl/

Etymology

Etymology tree English collapse Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English collapsible From collapse + -ible.

Meanings

1. Designed to be collapsed, especially so as to be more compact when not in use.
   • collapsible shovel

Forms

Deriveds

collapsibility · uncollapsible · noncollapsible

Relateds

folding · portable · mobile · telescopable · telescoping · foldup

Translations (12)

de klappbar (that can be collapsed) · nl plooibaar (that can be collapsed) · ru складно́й (that can be collapsed) · it pieghevole (that can be collapsed) · bg разглобяем (that can be collapsed) · no sammenleggbar (that can be collapsed) · da sammenklappelig (that can be collapsed) · de aufklappbar (that can be collapsed) · bg сгъваем (that can be collapsed) · fr pliable (that can be collapsed) · nl opklapbaar (that can be collapsed) · es plegable (that can be collapsed)

collapsible en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kəˈlæps.ə.bəl/

Etymology

Etymology tree English collapse Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English collapsible From collapse + -ible.

Meanings

1. Any object that can be collapsed to save space.
   • Some umbrellas can be unfolded manually, while the others can spring open automatically. Umbrellas are genuine collapsibles. 2017, Bipin Kumar, Suman Thakur, Textiles for Advanced Applications, page 64:
2. Any object that can be collapsed to save space. ▸ A kind of boat that can be collapsed for greater portability.
3. Any object that can be collapsed to save space. ▸ A display element that can be collapsed to hide it from view.

Forms