declinable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /dɪˈklaɪnəbəɫ/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree English decline Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English declinable From decline + -able.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Capable of being declined; of a word, having inflections.
It is obvious that the system in present-day English is radically different, and that the notion of case (i.e. a form or modification of a declinable word) is now of very little significance.
1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 152:
Antonyms
Deriveds
declinability · undeclinable · indeclinable
Translations (26)
el πτωτικός (capable of being declined) · ja 語形変化ができる (capable of being declined) · pl odmienny (capable of being declined) · de deklinierbar (capable of being declined) · bg склоня́ем (capable of being declined) · ko 격(格) 변화(變化)가 있는 (capable of being declined) · de deklinabel (capable of being declined) · ru склоня́емый (capable of being declined) · la declinabilis (capable of being declined) · sh dȅklinabīlan (capable of being declined) · gv yn-jeechleayney (capable of being declined) · sk sklonný (capable of being declined) · fr déclinable (capable of being declined) · uk відмі́нюваний (capable of being declined) · pt declinável (capable of being declined) · it declinabile (capable of being declined) · sh де̏клинабӣлан (capable of being declined) · sh sklònjiv (capable of being declined) · cs sklonný (capable of being declined) · ca declinable (capable of being declined) · hu ragozható (capable of being declined) · fi taipuva (capable of being declined) · cmn 能變位的 /能变位的 (capable of being declined) · sh скло̀њив (capable of being declined) · be скланя́льны (capable of being declined) · cmn 存在變格的 /存在变格的 (capable of being declined)