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removable

adj · noun · 4 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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  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 M UW1 V AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Able to be removed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Something that can be removed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

capable of being removed or taken away or dismissed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a removable cord
  • removable partitions

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: irremovable

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

able to be obliterated completely

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: obliterable

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 Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English removable From remove + -able.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: здымны (zdymny) — able to be removed
  • Bulgarian: отстраним (otstranim) — able to be removed
  • Bulgarian: сменяем (smenjaem) — able to be removed
  • Catalan: desmuntable — able to be removed
  • Catalan: extraïble — able to be removed
  • Dutch: uitneembaar — able to be removed
  • Finnish: irroitettava — able to be removed
  • French: amovible — able to be removed
  • Galician: extraíble — able to be removed
  • Galician: extraíbel — able to be removed
  • Georgian: შეცვლადი (šecvladi) — able to be removed
  • Georgian: შენაცვლებადი (šenacvlebadi) — able to be removed
  • Georgian: გამოცვლადი (gamocvladi) — able to be removed
  • Georgian: ცვლადი (cvladi) — able to be removed
  • Georgian: მოხსნადი (moxsnadi) — able to be removed
  • Georgian: მოცილებადი (mocilebadi) — able to be removed
  • Georgian: მოშორებადი (mošorebadi) — able to be removed
  • German: entfernbar — able to be removed
  • Greek: αφαιρετός (afairetós) — able to be removed
  • Greek: αφαιρέσιμος (afairésimos) — able to be removed
  • Greek: μετακινητός (metakinitós) — able to be removed
  • Hungarian: eltávolítható — able to be removed
  • Italian: amovibile — able to be removed
  • Italian: asportabile — able to be removed
  • Italian: estraibile — able to be removed
  • Italian: rimovibile — able to be removed
  • Italian: scalzabile — able to be removed
  • Italian: sfoderabile — able to be removed
  • Italian: staccabile — able to be removed
  • Manx: yn-scughey — able to be removed
  • Manx: yn-arraghey — able to be removed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avtagbar — able to be removed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avtakbar — able to be removed
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: avtakbar — able to be removed
  • Portuguese: extraível — able to be removed
  • Portuguese: removível — able to be removed
  • Russian: съёмный (sʺjómnyj) — able to be removed
  • Spanish: extraíble — able to be removed
  • Spanish: de quita y pon — able to be removed
  • Tagalog: lagay-alis — able to be removed
Real reading context

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