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changeable

  • /ˈt͡ʃeɪn.d͡ʒə.bəl/

Where it comes from

From Middle English chaungeable, from Old Northern French chaungeable, from Late Latin cambiāre (“to change”), equivalent to change + -able.

adjective more changeable · most changeable

  1. Capable of being changed.

    Similar: alterable, modifiable, variable, abateable, changeable, dynamic, editable, inconstant, mutable

  2. Subject to sudden or frequent changes. The weather is very changeable today: we've had bright sunshine, clouds, wind and rain in the same half-hour.

    Similar: fickle, labile, variable

  3. of a species Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.

    Similar: chameleonic

Similar: changeable, changeful, changeling, dynamic, everchanging, fickle, fluid, inconstant, labile, mobile, moody, shiftable, up-and-down, unstable, variable, volatile, wavering · Opposite: changeless

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adj capable of being changed

Españolcambiable, cambiante
日本語変えられる kaerareru
中文可改變的 /可改变的 kě gǎibiàn de, 可替換的 /可替换的 kě tìhuàn de
Portuguêsmudável, modificável, alterável
Françaischangeable
Deutschänderbar, veränderlich
Italianomutevole
Românăschimbabil, modificabil
Русскийизменя́емый izmenjájemyj

adj subject to sudden or frequent changes

Españolvariable, cambiante, tornadizo
日本語変わりやすい kawariyasui
中文多變 /多变 duōbiàn, 善變 /善变 shànbiàn
Portuguêsvariável
Françaischangeant
Deutschwechselhaft, wandelbar
Italianoondivago
Românăschimbăcios, schimbător, nestatornic
Русскийизме́нчивый izménčivyj, переме́нчивый pereménčivyj, непостоя́нный nepostojánnyj

adj capable of camouflaging

中文變色的 /变色的 biànsè de

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@misc{changeable_2026,
  title = {changeable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/changeable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}