chaungeable

Middle English

Alternative forms

• 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

1. Possible or liable to change; unstable, mutable, malleable.
2. Liable to variation; variable.
3. Lacking permanence; transitory, unstable.
4. Emotionally volatile; fickle, shifty, untrustworthy.

Derived terms

• chaungeabilite
• unchaungeable

Descendants

• English: changeable

Further reading

• “chaunǧeāble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• changable on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub