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removable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin removeō Old French removoir Anglo-Norman removerbor. Middle English removen English remove Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English removable From remove + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Able to be removed.
    • Five of these sections are covered by removable roof panels through which the transmissions, engines and carriage warming boiler can be lifted. 1958 September 14, “Swindon's First Main-Line Diesel Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 601:
    • Molded by Mattel in forest green, this action figure was garbed in a removable yellow, sleeveless shawl. He is worth substantially more money if this filigree drapery is still intact. 2005, John Kenneth Muir, An Analytical Guide to Television’s Battlestar Galactica, page 187:
    • The interior melamine panels were designed to be easily removable for repair or future refurbishment, and the linoleum floor was for easy cleaning. 2023 February 22, Howard Johnston, “Southern '313s': is the end now in sight?”, in RAIL, number 977, pages 42–43:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
removeable alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

removably · removableness · irremovable · photoremovable · nonremovable · unremovable

Translations (40)

nb avtagbar (able to be removed) · pt removível (able to be removed) · el μετακινητός (able to be removed) · it estraibile (able to be removed) · ka გამოცვლადი (able to be removed) · gv yn-scughey (able to be removed) · it rimovibile (able to be removed) · ka ცვლადი (able to be removed) · pt extraível (able to be removed) · ka შეცვლადი (able to be removed) · it amovibile (able to be removed) · be здымны (able to be removed) · bg отстраним (able to be removed) · it scalzabile (able to be removed) · bg сменяем (able to be removed) · hu eltávolítható (able to be removed) · nn avtakbar (able to be removed) · de entfernbar (able to be removed) · ka მოშორებადი (able to be removed) · es extraíble (able to be removed) · es de quita y pon (able to be removed) · ka მოხსნადი (able to be removed) · el αφαιρετός (able to be removed) · it sfoderabile (able to be removed) · nl uitneembaar (able to be removed) · ca desmuntable (able to be removed) · it asportabile (able to be removed) · ru съёмный (able to be removed) · gl extraíbel (able to be removed) · tl lagay-alis (able to be removed) · gl extraíble (able to be removed) · ka შენაცვლებადი (able to be removed) · it staccabile (able to be removed) · el αφαιρέσιμος (able to be removed) · gv yn-arraghey (able to be removed) · fi irroitettava (able to be removed) · fr amovible (able to be removed) · ca extraïble (able to be removed) · ka მოცილებადი (able to be removed) · nb avtakbar (able to be removed)

removable en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin removeō Old French removoir Anglo-Norman removerbor. Middle English removen English remove Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English removable From remove + -able.

Meanings

  1. Something that can be removed.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
removables Number=Plur lexicographic
removeable alternative lexicographic