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declinable

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪˈklaɪnəbəɫ/
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adj

Meaning 1

Capable of being declined; of a word, having inflections.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English decline Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English declinable From decline + -able.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: скланя́льны (sklanjálʹny) — capable of being declined
  • Bulgarian: склоня́ем (sklonjáem) — capable of being declined
  • Catalan: declinable — capable of being declined
  • Chinese Mandarin: 存在變格的 /存在变格的 (cúnzài biàngé de) — capable of being declined
  • Chinese Mandarin: 能變位的 /能变位的 (néng biànwèi de) — capable of being declined
  • Czech: sklonný — capable of being declined
  • Finnish: taipuva — capable of being declined
  • French: déclinable — capable of being declined
  • German: deklinierbar — capable of being declined
  • German: deklinabel — capable of being declined
  • Greek: πτωτικός (ptotikós) — capable of being declined
  • Hungarian: ragozható — capable of being declined
  • Italian: declinabile — capable of being declined
  • Japanese: 語形変化ができる (gokei henka ga dekiru) — capable of being declined
  • Korean: 격(格) 변화(變化)가 있는 (gyeok byeonhwa-ga inneun) — capable of being declined
  • Latin: declinabilis — capable of being declined
  • Manx: yn-jeechleayney — capable of being declined
  • Polish: odmienny — capable of being declined
  • Portuguese: declinável — capable of being declined
  • Russian: склоня́емый (sklonjájemyj) — capable of being declined
  • Serbo-Croatian: скло̀њив — capable of being declined
  • Serbo-Croatian: де̏клинабӣлан — capable of being declined
  • Serbo-Croatian: sklònjiv — capable of being declined
  • Serbo-Croatian: dȅklinabīlan — capable of being declined
  • Slovak: sklonný — capable of being declined
  • Ukrainian: відмі́нюваний (vidmínjuvanyj) — capable of being declined