detachable

See also:détachable

English

Etymology

FromFrenchdétachable,detach+‎-able.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/dətætʃəbl̩/,/diːtætʃəbl̩/

• Audio(Southern England):

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Adjective

detachable(notcomparable)

1. Designed to beunfastenedordisconnectedwithout damage.
   • 1967,Ann Helen Stroup,An Investigation of the Dress of American Children from 1930 Through 1941 with Emphasis on Factors Influencing Change,page195:

     Pique and linen also accented several coats and oftentimes were bothdetachableand formed an overcollar covering a collar made from the coat fabric.

Derived terms

• nondetachable

Related terms

• demountable,dismantlable

Translations

designed to be unfastened

• Bulgarian:отделяем(otdeljaem),подвижен(bg)(podvižen)
• Danish:aftagelig,løs(da)
• Finnish:irrotettava
• French:amovible(fr),détachable(fr)morf
• Galician:separable(gl)morf
• Greek:αφαιρούμενος(afairoúmenos),αποσπάσιμος(apospásimos),αποσπώμενος(el)(apospómenos)
• Hungarian:leválasztható(hu),levehető(hu)
• Italian:distaccabile,estraibile(it),rimovibile(it),separabile,staccabile
• Manx:so-scarrey,yn-scarrey
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:avtagbar,avtakbar

  Nynorsk:avtakbar

• Portuguese:destacávelmorf
• Russian:отделя́емый(ru)(otdeljájemyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:одво̀јив,раздво̀јив

  Roman:odvòjiv(sh),razdvòjiv(sh)

• Spanish:separable,de quita y pon(es)

Noun

detachable(pluraldetachables)

1. Anydevicethat is designed so that it can bedetachedfrom something else.
   • 2015November 5, Jack Schofield, “Which laptop should we buy for our child?”, inThe Guardian‎^[1]:

     For the past few months, the red HP Pavilion X2 10-n055na has been my pick of thedetachablesat £249.99.