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
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)