adj
Meaning 1
Able to be transferred.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- To start a new career, you need transferable skills.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
transferable
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, New-Zealand, UK: /trɑːnsˈfɜːrəbl̩/
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Australian, New-Zealand, UK: /ˈtrɑːnsf(ə)rəbl̩/
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Australian, New-Zealand, UK, also: /trænsˈfɜːrəbl̩/
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Australian, New-Zealand, UK: /ˈtrænsf(ə)rəbl̩/
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Canada, US: /trænsˈfɝrəbl̩/
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Canada, US: /ˈtrænsfr̩əbl̩/
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
legally transferable to the ownership of another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- negotiable bonds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: assignable, conveyable, negotiable, transferrable
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
capable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: movable, moveable, transferrable, transportable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From transfer + -able. Compare inferable, deferrable.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: transferible — able to be transferred
- Danish: overførbar — able to be transferred
- Finnish: siirrettävä — able to be transferred
- French: transférable — able to be transferred
- Galician: transferíbel — able to be transferred
- Italian: cedibile — able to be transferred
- Italian: trasferibile — able to be transferred
- Italian: trasmissibile — able to be transferred
- Latin: ambulātilis — able to be transferred
- Latin: ambulātōrius — able to be transferred
- Manx: yn-astreeaghey — able to be transferred
- Eastern Mari: куснылман (kusnylman) — able to be transferred
- Eastern Mari: куснылшан (kusnylšan) — able to be transferred
- Norwegian Bokmål: overførbar — able to be transferred
- Norwegian Nynorsk: overførbar — able to be transferred
- Portuguese: transferível — able to be transferred
- Swedish: överförbar — able to be transferred
Real reading context