movable

English

Alternative forms

• moveable

Etymology

From Old French movable. By surface analysis, move +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

movable (comparative more movable, superlative most movable)

1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; not fixed or stationary
   • 1902, Henry Billings Brown, The Osceola:

     The owners had supplied the vessel with a movable derrick for the purpose of raising the gangways of the vessel when in port, in order to discharge cargo.

2. Changing from one time to another

   This feast is movable - its date varies from year to year.

Antonyms

• immovable

Derived terms

• movable alphabet
• movable bridge
• movable feast
• movable letter
• movable nu
• movable property
• movable type

 

Translations

capable of being moved

• Armenian: շարժական (hy) (šaržakan), շարժուն (hy) (šaržun)
• Bulgarian: подвижен (bg) (podvižen), преносим (prenosim)
• Catalan: mobiliari (ca) m
• Dutch: beweegbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: movebla
• Finnish: liikuteltava, liikkuva (fi), siirrettävä (fi)
• Georgian: გადატანადი (gadaṭanadi), გადასატანი (gadasaṭani), გადასატან-გადმოსატანი (gadasaṭan-gadmosaṭani), მოძრავი (moʒravi), მობილური (mobiluri)
• German: beweglich (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: κινητικός (kinētikós)

• Hindi: जंगम (hi) (jaṅgam)
• Icelandic: færanlegur (is)
• Irish: aistritheach
• Latin: mōbilis (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flyttbar

  Nynorsk: flyttbar

• Portuguese: móvel (pt), movediço (pt), movível
• Romanian: mobil (ro), mișcabil
• Sanskrit: जङ्गम (sa) (jaṅgama)
• Swedish: flyttbar (sv)
• Ukrainian: мобільний (uk) m (mobilʹnyj), рухомий m (ruxomyj), рухливий (uk) (ruxlyvyj)
• Walloon: poirtåve (wa) m or f, bodjåve m or f

changing from one time to another

• Finnish: liikkuva (fi)
• Persian: متغیر (fa) (moteğayyer)
• Ukrainian: рухомий (ruxomyj), перехідний (uk) (perexidnyj)

Noun

movable (plural movables)

1. Something which is movable; an article of wares or goods; a commodity; a piece of property not fixed, or not a part of real estate; generally, in the plural, goods; wares; furniture.

Translations

something movable

• Bulgarian: движимост (bg) f (dvižimost)
• Finnish: irtain (fi)
• Hindi: जंगम (hi) (jaṅgam)
• Hungarian: ingóság (hu)
• Ukrainian: вільний (uk) (vilʹnyj)

References

• “movable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.