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.

   Synonyms: mobile; see also Thesaurus:movable

   Antonyms: immovable; see also Thesaurus:immobile

   • 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.

   Synonym: floating

   Antonym: immovable

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

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.