Standard Lemma guide

mutable

adj · noun · 5 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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  • /ˈmjuːtəbəl/
  • [ˈmjuːtəbl̩]
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  • homophone: muteable
  • CMU ARPABET: M Y UW1 T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having a value that is changeable during program execution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Being one of the signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, associated with adaptability, flexibility and sympathy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bicorporeal

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Something mutable; a variable or value that can change.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a mutable substance
  • the mutable ways of fortune
  • mutable weather patterns
  • a mutable foreign policy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: changeable

Antonyms: immutable

History

Etymology

From Middle English mutable, from Old French mutable, from Latin mutabilis (“liable to change”). By surface analysis, muta- + -able.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: wispelturig — changeable
  • Bulgarian: проме́нлив (proménliv) — changeable
  • Finnish: muuttuva — changeable
  • French: mutable — changeable
  • German: mutabel — changeable
  • German: veränderlich — changeable
  • German: veränderbar — changeable
  • Hungarian: ingatag — changeable
  • Latin: mūtābilis — changeable
  • Manx: yn-chaghlaa — changeable
  • Middle English: mutable — changeable
  • Persian: دگرشپذیر — changeable
  • Polish: zmienny — changeable
  • Portuguese: mutável — changeable
  • Romanian: mutabil — changeable
  • Romanian: muabil — changeable
  • Russian: изме́нчивый (izménčivyj) — changeable
  • Serbo-Croatian: promjenljiv — changeable
  • Spanish: mutable — changeable
  • Turkish: değişebilir — changeable
  • Turkish: değişken — changeable
  • Vietnamese: có thể thay đổi — changeable
  • Finnish: muuttuva — Gemini/Virgo/Sagittarius/Pisces