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removability

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The state of being removable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh1- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh1éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Proto-Italic *wremoweō Latin removeō Old French removoir Anglo-Norman removerbor. Middle English removen English remove Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English removability From remove + -ability.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: отстранимост (otstranimost) — state of being removable
  • Bulgarian: сменяемост (smenjaemost) — state of being removable
  • Irish: aistritheacht — state of being removable
  • Irish: inaistritheacht — state of being removable
  • Italian: amovibilità — state of being removable
  • Italian: asportabilità — state of being removable
  • Italian: rimovibilità — state of being removable
  • Italian: sfoderabilità — state of being removable
  • Manx: yn-scughys — state of being removable