changeable

English

Etymology

change +‎ -able

Adjective

changeable (comparative more changeable, superlative most changeable)

1. Capable of being changed.
2. Subject to sudden or frequent changes.

   The weather is very changeable today; it can be bright sunshine, cloudy, windy and rainy in the same half-hour.

Derived terms

• changeably
• changeability

Translations

capable of being changed

• Esperanto: ŝanĝebla (eo)
• French: changeable (fr) m and f
• German: änderbar (de), veränderlich (de)
• Italian: mutevole (it)

• Romanian: schimbabil (ro) m, modificabil (ro) m
• Russian: изменяемый (ru) (izmenjájemyj)
• Scots: immis
• Spanish: cambiable (es), cambiante (es)

subject to sudden or frequent changes

• Bulgarian: променлив (bg) (promenliv), непостоянен (bg) (nepostojanen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多變 (cmn), 多变 (cmn) (duōbiàn)

• French: changeant (fr)
• German: wechselhaft (de), wandelbar (de)

• Italian: ondivago (it) m
• Japanese: 変わりやすい (ja) (かわりやすい, kawariyasui)
• Russian: изменчивый (ru) (izménčivyj), переменчивый (ru) (pereménčivyj), непостоянный (ru) (nepostojánnyj)
• Spanish: variable (es), cambiante (es)

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French

Adjective

changeable (masculine and feminine, plural changeables)

1. changeable (capable of being changed)

Related terms

• see changer