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recyclable

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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1

adj

Meaning 1

Able to be recycled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Soda cans are recyclable.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An object that can be recycled, such as a soda can.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The garbage and recyclables need to be taken out to the street tomorrow.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

capable of being used again

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reclaimable, reusable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *kwel- Proto-Indo-European *kwékwlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle English recycle 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 recyclable From recycle + -able.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: վերամշակելի (veramšakeli) — able to be recycled
  • Bulgarian: рециклируем (recikliruem) — able to be recycled
  • Catalan: reciclable — able to be recycled
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可回收 (kěhuíshōu) — able to be recycled
  • Czech: recyklovatelný — able to be recycled
  • Danish: genbrugelig — able to be recycled
  • Danish: genanvendelig — able to be recycled
  • Dutch: recycleerbaar — able to be recycled
  • Dutch: recyclebaar — able to be recycled
  • Finnish: kierrätettävä — able to be recycled
  • Finnish: kierrätyskelpoinen — able to be recycled
  • French: recyclable — able to be recycled
  • German: recycelbar — able to be recycled
  • German: recyclebar — able to be recycled
  • German: wiederverwertbar — able to be recycled
  • Greek: ανακυκλώσιμος (anakyklósimos) — able to be recycled
  • Hungarian: újrahasznosítható — able to be recycled
  • Hungarian: újrafelhasználható — able to be recycled
  • Icelandic: endurvinnanlegur — able to be recycled
  • Icelandic: endurnýtanlegur — able to be recycled
  • Italian: riciclabile — able to be recycled
  • Northern Kurdish: veçerxînbar — able to be recycled
  • Norman: r'cycliabl'ye — able to be recycled
  • Norwegian Bokmål: resirkulerbar — able to be recycled
  • Polish: recyklingowalny — able to be recycled
  • Polish: przetwarzalny — able to be recycled
  • Portuguese: reciclável — able to be recycled
  • Romanian: reciclabil — able to be recycled
  • Serbo-Croatian: рециклабилан — able to be recycled
  • Serbo-Croatian: обновљив — able to be recycled
  • Serbo-Croatian: reciklabilan — able to be recycled
  • Serbo-Croatian: obnovljiv — able to be recycled
  • Spanish: reciclable — able to be recycled
  • Swedish: återvinningsbar — able to be recycled