adj
Meaning 1
Designed to be collapsed, especially so as to be more compact when not in use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- collapsible shovel
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
collapsible
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kəˈlæps.ə.bəl/
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 L AE1 P S AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Any object that can be collapsed to save space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any object that can be collapsed to save space.
A kind of boat that can be collapsed for greater portability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Any object that can be collapsed to save space.
A display element that can be collapsed to hide it from view.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
capable of collapsing or being collapsed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a collapsible boat
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: collapsable
Antonyms: noncollapsible
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English collapse Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English collapsible From collapse + -ible.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разглобяем (razglobjaem) — that can be collapsed
- Bulgarian: сгъваем (sgǎvaem) — that can be collapsed
- Danish: sammenklappelig — that can be collapsed
- Dutch: opklapbaar — that can be collapsed
- Dutch: plooibaar — that can be collapsed
- French: pliable — that can be collapsed
- German: klappbar — that can be collapsed
- German: aufklappbar — that can be collapsed
- Italian: pieghevole — that can be collapsed
- Norwegian: sammenleggbar — that can be collapsed
- Russian: складно́й (skladnój) — that can be collapsed
- Spanish: plegable — that can be collapsed