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Middle English
- changable, changeable, chaungable, chaungeabil, chaungebyll, chawngabil, chawngabile, chawngeabil, chawngeabyl, chongabyl, chongeable
Etymology
From Old Northern French chaungeable, changable, from Late Latin cambiāre (“to change”), equivalent to chaungen + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌt͡ʃau̯nˈd͡ʒaːbəl/, /ˌt͡ʃaːnˈd͡ʒaːbəl/, /-aːblə/
- (reduced) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃau̯nd͡ʒabəl/, /ˈt͡ʃaːnd͡ʒabəl/
Adjective
chaungeable
- Possible or liable to change; unstable, mutable, malleable.
- Liable to variation; variable.
- Lacking permanence; transitory, unstable.
- Emotionally volatile; fickle, shifty, untrustworthy.
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