collectable
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- collectible (American English)
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
collectable (not comparable)
- Suitable for collecting.
Noun[edit]
collectable (plural collectables)
- Anything that someone might want to collect.
- 2006, Katie Salen Tekinbas, Eric Zimmerman, The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology, page 551:
- The mindset of making collectables runs against that of making games—if you succeed in the collectable department then there is a tendency to keep new players out and to drive old ones away because of escalating prices.
- 2011, Charles Beelaerts, Investing in Collectables:
- If you invest in collectables overseas, you can make a profit or loss on currency exchange rates as well as a gain or loss on movements in intrinsic capital value.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
collectable — see collector's item