retractable

See also rétractable

English

Etymology

retract +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• IPA: /riˈtræktɪbəl/ or/rəˈtræktəbəl/

Adjective

retractable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being retracted; retractile.

Translations

capable of being retracted

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: sisäänvedettävä (fi)

French: rétractable (fr) m. and f., rétractile (fr) m. and f. Italian: retrattile (it), rientrabile (it), retraibile (it), ritrattabile (it) Manx: yn-chraplaghey (gv), yn-hirkaghey (gv), yn-yrjaghey (gv)

See also

• pull-down

Noun

retractable (plural retractables)

1. A retractable pen.
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     Somewhere in the cosmos, he said, […] there was also a planet entirely given over to Biro life forms. […] Veet Voogajig suddenly claimed to have found this planet, and to have worked there for a while driving a limousine for a family of cheap green retractables […]