volatile

English

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈvɑl.əˌtaɪ.əl/, /ˈvɑl.ə.təl/

Adjective

volatile

1. (physics) evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
2. (of a substance, informal) explosive.
3. (of a price etc) variable or erratic.
4. fickle.
5. temporary or ephemeral.
6. (of a situation) potentially violent.
7. (computing, of a variable) having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
8. (computing, of memory) whose content is lost when the computer is powered down

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:ephemeral

Derived terms

• volatility
• volatile memory

Translations

evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions

Afrikaans: vlugtig (af) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 易揮發的, simpl. 易挥发的 Czech: prchavý (cs) m. Dutch: vluchtig (nl) Finnish: helposti haihtuva French: please add this translation if you can German: volatil (de) Greek: πτητικός (el) (ptitikós) m. Hebrew: נדיף (he) (nadif) m. Hungarian: illékony (hu) Italian: volatile (it) Japanese: 揮発性 (ja) (kihatsusei) (adnominal) Javanese: please add this translation if you can

Korean: 휘발성의 (hwibalseong-ui) Manx: so-ghaalagh (gv) Norwegian: flyktig (no) Ossetian: сысгæ Polish: ulotny (pl) m. Portuguese: volátil (pt) Russian: летучий (ru) (letúčij) Slovak: prchavý (sk) m. Spanish: volátil (es) Swedish: flyktig (sv) Thai: ลบเลือนได้ (th) (lópleuandâi) Turkish: uçucu (tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

(informal) explosive

Finnish: räjähdysherkkä Greek: εκρηκτικός (el) (ekriktikós) m.

Italian: volatile (it) Japanese: 発破 (ja) (happa), (formal) 爆弾 (ja) (bakudan)

(of a price etc) variable or erratic

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 動蕩不定的, simpl. 动荡不定的 Finnish: vaihteleva, volatiili Greek: ευμετάβλητος (el) (efmetávlitos) m., ρευστός (el) (refstós) m.

Portuguese: instável (pt) Russian: изменчивый (ru) (izménčivyj) Swedish: volatil (sv)

fickle

Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 易變的, simpl. 易变的 Finnish: häilyväinen

Greek: ευμετάβλητος (el) (efmetávlitos) m., επιπόλαιος (el) (epipólaios) m., άστατος (el) (ástatos) m. Russian: непостоянный (ru) (nepostojánnyj)

temporary or ephemeral

Dutch: tijdelijk (nl) Finnish: häilyväinen, lyhytkestoinen Greek: προσωρινός (el) (prosorinós) m., εφήμερος (el) (efímeros) m.

Polish: ulotny (pl) m., nieuchwytny (pl) m. Russian: летучий (ru) (letúčij)

(of a situation) potentially violent

Chinese: Mandarin: simpl. 易怒的

Finnish: epävakaa (fi) Greek: εκρηκτικός (el) (ekriktikós) m.

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Esperanto: ekflama Indonesian: mudah menguap, mudah berubah, rentan Spanish: volátil, inestible

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Italian

Adjective

volatile m. and f. (m and f plural volatili)

1. (chemistry, physics) volatile
2. flying

Synonyms

• (2) volante

Noun

volatile m. (plural volatili)

1. bird
2. fowl

Synonyms

• uccello

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Latin

Adjective

volātile

1. nominative neuter singular of volātilis
2. accusative neuter singular of volātilis
3. vocative neuter singular of volātilis