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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from lābor, lābī (“slip; glide, flow”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
labile (comparative more labile, superlative most labile)
- Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
- Apt or likely to change.
- Synonym: unstable
- (chemistry, of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).
Certain drugs can be conjugated to polymer molecules with a linkage that is labile at low pH to effect controlled release in a cellular endosome. Water ligands typically bind metals in a labile fashion and are rapidly interchanged in aqueous solution.
- (linguistics, of a verb) Able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form.
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Translations
liable to slip, err, fall or apostatize
kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved
Further reading
- “labile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “labile”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “labile”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Danish
Adjective
labile
- definite singular of labil
- indefinite plural of labil
- definite plural of labil
French
Etymology
From Middle French labile, borrowed from Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from lābor, lābī (“slip; glide, flow”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
labile (plural labiles)
- labile
Descendants
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from lābī (“slip; glide, flow”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
labile (plural labili)
- fleeting, ephemeral
2019 November, Silvia Ferrara, La grande invenzione, Feltrinelli, →ISBN, page 24:È vero che la connessione tra parole e natura è labile, ma a volte ci sorprende quanto sia marcata.- It's true that the link between words and nature is unstable, but sometimes it's surprising how pronounced it is.
- fickle
Derived terms
Further reading
- labile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
lābile
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of lābilis
Swedish
Adjective
labile
- definite natural masculine singular of labil