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chān′jə-bəl
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/ˈt͡ʃeɪn.d͡ʒə.bəl/
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Capable of being changed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alterable, modifiable, variable, abateable, changeable, dynamic, editable, inconstant, mutable
Antonyms: none provided
Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The weather is very changeable today: we've had bright sunshine, clouds, wind and rain in the same half-hour.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fickle, labile, variable
Antonyms: none provided
Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chameleonic
Antonyms: none provided
such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
changeable behavior changeable moods changeable prices
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: changeful
Antonyms: unchangeable
capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a mutable substance the mutable ways of fortune mutable weather patterns a mutable foreign policy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mutable
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
changeable taffeta chatoyant (or shot) silk a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chatoyant, iridescent, shot
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
subject to change
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a changeable climate the weather is uncertain unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: uncertain, unsettled
Antonyms: none provided
From Middle English chaungeable, from Old Northern French chaungeable, from Late Latin cambiāre (“to change”), equivalent to change + -able.
Across languages
Translations 52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
променлив
(promenliv)
— capable of being changed
Catalan :
canviable
— capable of being changed
Chinese Mandarin :
可改變的 /可改变的
(kě gǎibiàn de)
— capable of being changed
Chinese Mandarin :
可替換的 /可替换的
(kě tìhuàn de)
— capable of being changed
Esperanto :
ŝanĝebla
— capable of being changed
Finnish :
vaihdettava
— capable of being changed
Finnish :
vaihdettavissa oleva
— capable of being changed
French :
changeable
— capable of being changed
Georgian :
ცვალებადი
(cvalebadi)
— capable of being changed
German :
änderbar
— capable of being changed
German :
veränderlich
— capable of being changed
Ancient Greek :
μετάβολος
(metábolos)
— capable of being changed
Hungarian :
változtatható
— capable of being changed
Italian :
mutevole
— capable of being changed
Japanese :
変えられる
(kaerareru)
— capable of being changed
Latin :
mūtābilis
— capable of being changed
Middle English :
chaungeable
— capable of being changed
Portuguese :
mudável
— capable of being changed
Portuguese :
modificável
— capable of being changed
Portuguese :
alterável
— capable of being changed
Romanian :
schimbabil
— capable of being changed
Romanian :
modificabil
— capable of being changed
Russian :
изменя́емый
(izmenjájemyj)
— capable of being changed
Scots :
immis
— capable of being changed
Spanish :
cambiable
— capable of being changed
Spanish :
cambiante
— capable of being changed
Bulgarian :
непостоянен
(nepostojanen)
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Chinese Mandarin :
多變 /多变
(duōbiàn)
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Chinese Mandarin :
善變 /善变
(shànbiàn)
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Finnish :
vaihteleva
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
French :
changeant
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Georgian :
ცვალებადი
(cvalebadi)
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
German :
wechselhaft
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
German :
wandelbar
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Irish :
luaineach
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Italian :
ondivago
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Japanese :
変わりやすい
(kawariyasui)
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Māori :
taurangi
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Middle English :
chaungeable
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Portuguese :
variável
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Romanian :
schimbăcios
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Romanian :
schimbător
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Romanian :
nestatornic
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Russian :
изме́нчивый
(izménčivyj)
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Russian :
переме́нчивый
(pereménčivyj)
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Russian :
непостоя́нный
(nepostojánnyj)
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Slovak :
vrtošivý
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Spanish :
variable
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Spanish :
cambiante
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Spanish :
tornadizo
— subject to sudden or frequent changes
Chinese Mandarin :
變色的 /变色的
(biànsè de)
— capable of camouflaging
Finnish :
väriään vaihtava
— capable of camouflaging
