labil

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See also: lábil

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lābilis (apt to slip, transient).

Pronunciation

Adjective

labil

  1. labile (apt or likely to change)

Inflection

Inflection of labil
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular labil 2
Indefinite neuter singular labilt 2
Plural labile 2
Definite attributive1 labile
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin lābilis (slippery), from lābor, lābī (slip; glide, flow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laˈbiːl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: la‧bil

Adjective

labil (strong nominative masculine singular labiler, comparative labiler, superlative am labilsten)

  1. unstable
    Synonym: instabil
    Antonym: stabil
  2. labile (apt or likely to change)
    Synonym: instabil

Declension

Further reading

  • labil” in Duden online
  • labil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch labiel, from Late Latin lābilis (slippery), from lābor, lābī (slip; glide, flow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: la‧bil

Adjective

labil

  1. unstable, labile

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Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French labile, from Latin labilis.

Adjective

labil m or n (feminine singular labilă, masculine plural labili, feminine and neuter plural labile)

  1. labile

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative
indefinite labil labilă labili labile
definite labilul labila labilii labilele
genitive/
dative
indefinite labil labile labili labile
definite labilului labilei labililor labilelor

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French labile, from Latin lābilis (slippery). Doublet of lapsus and lavin.

Adjective

labil (comparative labilare, superlative labilast)

  1. prone to strong, unpredictable changes in mood, especially to violent anger; unstable, volatile, unbalanced, labile, etc.
    Var försiktig med den där snubben. Han är labil som fan.
    Be careful with that guy. He's unstable as fuck.
  2. (chemistry) labile

Declension

Inflection of labil
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular labil labilare labilast
Neuter singular labilt labilare labilast
Plural labila labilare labilast
Masculine plural3 labile labilare labilast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 labile labilare labilaste
All labila labilare labilaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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