foldable

English

Etymology

Foldable smartphones

fold +‎ -able

Adjective

foldable (comparative more foldable, superlative most foldable)

1. That can be folded.

Translations

that can be folded

• Catalan: plegable
• German: faltbar (de)
• Italian: pieghevole (it)
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• Portuguese: dobrável
• Russian: складно́й (ru) (skladnój)
• Spanish: plegable (es)
• Swedish: ihopfällbar, hopfällbar, vikbar (sv), hopvikbar, ihopvikbar, fällbar (sv)

See also

• flexible

Noun

foldable (plural foldables)

1. Something that can be folded.
   • 2000, Canoe & Kayak Magazine (volume 28, issues 2-6, page 95)

     This should speed up assembly, although many traditionally assembled foldables can be put together in 20 minutes or less; they can be knocked down faster.

   • 2015, Cathy Vatterott, Rethinking Grading (page 50)

     Then on the right side of the page, students glue their class notes, often taken as foldables. The foldables serve as interactive graphic organizers and allow students to create flaps that reveal their notes about a specific topic.