Standard Lemma guide

translatable

adj · 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /tɹænzˈleɪtəbəl/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Capable of being translated into another language.

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

Capable of being transferred from one context or environment to another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Her political skills were easily translatable to the marketing sector.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

capable of being put into another form or style or language

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • substances readily translatable to the American home table
  • his books are eminently translatable

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: untranslatable

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • is lead really transmutable into gold?
  • ideas translatable into reality

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: convertible, transformable, transmutable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English translate 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 translatable From translate + -able.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: пераклада́льны (pjerakladálʹny) — capable of being translated into another language
  • Catalan: traduïble — capable of being translated into another language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可翻譯的 /可翻译的 (kě fānyì de) — capable of being translated into another language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可譯的 /可译的 (kěyì de) — capable of being translated into another language
  • Czech: přeložitelný — capable of being translated into another language
  • Dutch: vertaalbaar — capable of being translated into another language
  • Esperanto: tradukebla — capable of being translated into another language
  • Finnish: käännettävä — capable of being translated into another language
  • French: traduisible — capable of being translated into another language
  • Galician: traducible — capable of being translated into another language
  • Galician: traducíbel — capable of being translated into another language
  • German: übersetzbar — capable of being translated into another language
  • Hungarian: fordítható — capable of being translated into another language
  • Hungarian: lefordítható — capable of being translated into another language
  • Irish: inaistrithe — capable of being translated into another language
  • Manx: yn-çhyndaa — capable of being translated into another language
  • Polish: przetłumaczalny — capable of being translated into another language
  • Polish: przekładalny — capable of being translated into another language
  • Portuguese: traduzível — capable of being translated into another language
  • Romanian: traductibil — capable of being translated into another language
  • Russian: переводи́мый (perevodímyj) — capable of being translated into another language
  • Spanish: traducible — capable of being translated into another language
  • Swedish: översättbar — capable of being translated into another language
  • Ukrainian: перекладни́й (perekladnýj) — capable of being translated into another language
  • Volapük: tradutovik — capable of being translated into another language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可轉移的 /可转移的 (kě zhuǎnyí de) — capable of being transferred from one context or environment to another
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可以運用到 /可以运用到 (kěyǐ yùnyòng dào) — capable of being transferred from one context or environment to another
  • Finnish: siirrettävä — capable of being transferred from one context or environment to another
  • Polish: przekładalny — capable of being transferred from one context or environment to another
  • Portuguese: transladável — capable of being transferred from one context or environment to another