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extensible

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Capable of being extended.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an extensile tongue
  • an extensible measuring rule

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: extensile

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extēnsibilis, from extendō (“to extend”).

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: разтегателен (raztegatelen) — capable of being extended
  • Catalan: extensible — capable of being extended
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可展開的 /可展开的 (kězhǎnkāidì) — capable of being extended
  • Czech: rozšiřitelný — capable of being extended
  • French: extensible — capable of being extended
  • German: erweiterbar — capable of being extended
  • Greek: επεκτάσιμος (epektásimos) — capable of being extended
  • Ido: extensebla — capable of being extended
  • Italian: estensibile — capable of being extended
  • Italian: prolungabile — capable of being extended
  • Latin: extēnsibilis — capable of being extended
  • Manx: yn-sheeyney — capable of being extended
  • Portuguese: extensível — capable of being extended
  • Portuguese: estendível — capable of being extended
  • Romanian: extensibil — capable of being extended
  • Spanish: extensible — capable of being extended
  • Turkish: uzatılabilir — capable of being extended
  • Turkish: uzayabilir — capable of being extended