adj
Meaning 1
Able to be inflated or blown up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
inflatable
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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/ɪnˈfleɪtəbəl/
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rhymes with -eɪtəbəl
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CMU ARPABET: IH0 N F L EY1 T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A boat or dinghy that may be inflated when needed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 3
Any other structure, artwork etc. that is inflated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
designed to be filled with air or gas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an inflatable mattress
- an inflatable boat
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English inflate 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 inflatable From inflate + -able.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: надуваем (naduvaem) — able to be inflated
- Chinese Mandarin: 充氣的 /充气的 (chōngqì de) — able to be inflated
- Czech: nafukovací — able to be inflated
- Finnish: puhallettava — able to be inflated
- French: gonflable — able to be inflated
- French: pneumatique — able to be inflated
- German: aufblasbar — able to be inflated
- Hungarian: felfújható — able to be inflated
- Norwegian Bokmål: oppblåsbar — able to be inflated
- Norwegian Nynorsk: oppblåsbar — able to be inflated
- Polish: nadmuchiwany — able to be inflated
- Portuguese: inflável — able to be inflated
- Portuguese: insuflável — able to be inflated
- Romanian: inflaționabil — able to be inflated
- Romanian: umflabil (pneumatically) — able to be inflated
- Russian: надувно́й (naduvnój) — able to be inflated
- Slovak: nafukovací — able to be inflated
- Spanish: inflable — able to be inflated
- Swedish: uppblåsbar — able to be inflated
- Chinese Mandarin: 充氣船 /充气船 (chōngqìchuán) — boat that may be inflated
- Finnish: kumivene — boat that may be inflated
- French: bateau pneumatique — boat that may be inflated
- French: bateau gonflable — boat that may be inflated
- German: Schlauchboot — boat that may be inflated
- Japanese: ゴムボート (gomubōto) — boat that may be inflated
- Romanian: barcă pneumatică — boat that may be inflated
- Russian: надувна́я ло́дка (naduvnája lódka) — boat that may be inflated
- Swedish: uppblåsbar båt — boat that may be inflated
- Tagalog: pamantugin — boat that may be inflated
Real reading context