detachable

See also: détachable

English

Etymology

From French détachable, detach +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

detachable (not comparable)

1. Designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage.
   • 1967, Ann Helen Stroup, An Investigation of the Dress of American Children from 1930 Through 1941 with Emphasis on Factors Influencing Change, page 195:

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

Derived terms

• detachableness
• detachably
• nondetachable
• undetachable
• undetachably

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) m or f Galician: separable (gl) m or f 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: destacável m or f Russian: отделя́емый (ru) (otdeljájemyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: одво̀јив, раздво̀јив Roman: odvòjiv (sh), razdvòjiv (sh) Spanish: separable, de quita y pon (es)

Noun

detachable (plural detachables)

1. Any device that is designed so that it can be detached from something else.
   • 2015 November 5, Jack Schofield, “Which laptop should we buy for our child?”, in The Guardian‎:

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