cancellable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

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Old French cancelerbor.

Anglo-Norman cancelerbor.

Middle English cancellen

English cancel

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English cancellable

From cancel + -able.

Adjective

cancellable (comparative more cancellable, superlative most cancellable)

1. Which can be cancelled.

   This commitment is not cancellable.

   • 1957 July, T. S. Lascelles, “British Signalling Developments since 1897”, in Railway Magazine, page 466:

     Originally a cab signal only, it had been modified to give a gradual brake application, cancellable by the driver.

Derived terms

• uncancellable

Translations

which can be cancelled

• Czech: vypověditelný
• Dutch: annuleerbaar (nl)
• Finnish: peruutettava
• French: résiliable (fr)
• German: annullierbar, stornierbar