replaceable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English place

English replace

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English replaceable

From replace + -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpleɪsəbəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

replaceable (comparative more replaceable, superlative most replaceable)

1. Capable of being replaced.

   Synonym: substitutable

   Antonym: irreplaceable

   a replaceable battery    replaceable parts

   The machine uses a replaceable filter.

   He knew he was not easily replaceable at work.

   • 2020 September 24, Alex Williams, “The Ugly (and Glorious) Truth About American Supermarkets”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 1 November 2020:

     Because of deregulation and the drive to lower costs, Mr. Lorr said, truckers are now regarded by many companies as just another replaceable part. Some can barely eke out a living.

Derived terms

• nonreplaceable
• replaceability
• unreplaceable

Translations

capable of being replaced

• Bulgarian: сменяем (bg) (smenjaem), заменим (bg) (zamenim)
• Catalan: reemplaçable (ca), substituïble
• Czech: nahraditelný m
• Dutch: vervangbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: anstataŭigebla
• Finnish: korvattavissa oleva, korvattava
• French: remplaçable (fr), substituable (fr)
• Galician: substituíble (gl), substituíbel (gl)
• German: ersetzbar (de), auswechselbar, wechselbar, austauschbar (de)
• Hungarian: pótolható (hu), (substitutable) helyettesíthető (hu), (interchangeable) cserélhető (hu), kicserélhető (hu)
• Italian: sostituibile (it), rimpiazzabile
• Macedonian: заменлив (zamenliv)
• Polish: wymienny (pl) m, zastępowalny m
• Portuguese: substituível m or f
• Romanian: substituibil (ro), înlocuibil (rare)
• Russian: заменимый (ru) (zamenimyj), замещаемый (ru) (zameščajemyj), сменный (ru) (smennyj)
• Spanish: reemplazable (es), sustituible

Noun

replaceable (plural replaceables)

1. Anything that can be replaced.