adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/dəˈtætʃəbl̩/
UK:/diːˈtætʃəbl̩/
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CMU ARPABET:D IH0 T AE1 CH AH0 B AH0 L
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Any device that is designed so that it can be detached from something else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective
Meaning 3
designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
shirts with detachable collars
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: attachable
History
Etymology
From French détachable, detach + -able.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
отделяем
(otdeljaem)
— designed to be unfastened
Bulgarian:
подвижен
(podvižen)
— designed to be unfastened
Danish:
aftagelig
— designed to be unfastened
Danish:
løs
— designed to be unfastened
Finnish:
irrotettava
— designed to be unfastened
French:
amovible
— designed to be unfastened
French:
détachable
— designed to be unfastened
Galician:
separable
— designed to be unfastened
Greek:
αφαιρούμενος
(afairoúmenos)
— designed to be unfastened
Greek:
αποσπάσιμος
(apospásimos)
— designed to be unfastened
Greek:
αποσπώμενος
(apospómenos)
— designed to be unfastened
Hungarian:
leválasztható
— designed to be unfastened
Hungarian:
levehető
— designed to be unfastened
Italian:
distaccabile
— designed to be unfastened
Italian:
estraibile
— designed to be unfastened
Italian:
rimovibile
— designed to be unfastened
Italian:
separabile
— designed to be unfastened
Italian:
staccabile
— designed to be unfastened
Manx:
so-scarrey
— designed to be unfastened
Manx:
yn-scarrey
— designed to be unfastened
Norwegian Bokmål:
avtagbar
— designed to be unfastened
Norwegian Bokmål:
avtakbar
— designed to be unfastened
Norwegian Nynorsk:
avtakbar
— designed to be unfastened
Portuguese:
destacável
— designed to be unfastened
Russian:
отделя́емый
(otdeljájemyj)
— designed to be unfastened
Serbo-Croatian:
одво̀јив
— designed to be unfastened
Serbo-Croatian:
раздво̀јив
— designed to be unfastened
Serbo-Croatian:
odvòjiv
— designed to be unfastened
Serbo-Croatian:
razdvòjiv
— designed to be unfastened
Spanish:
separable
— designed to be unfastened
Spanish:
de quita y pon
— designed to be unfastened
