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transmutable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English transmute Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English transmutable From transmute + -able.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Able to be transmuted
    • The other motives employed in these tunes are transmutable, or only of temporary value, in order to satisfy the taste of the age. 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 165:

Deriveds

untransmutable · intransmutable · transmutably · transmutableness