English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From French détachable , detach + -able
Pronunciation [ edit ]
( UK ) IPA (key ) : /dətætʃəbl̩/ , /diːtætʃəbl̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
Adjective [ edit ]
detachable (not comparable )
Designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage.
1967 , Ann Helen Stroup, An Investigation of the Dress of American Children from 1930 Through 1941 with Emphasis on Factors Influencing Change , page 195 :Pique and linen also accented several coats and oftentimes were both detachable and formed an overcollar covering a collar made from the coat fabric.
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Translations [ edit ]
designed to be unfastened
Bulgarian: отделяем ( otdeljaem ) , подвижен (bg) ( podvižen )
Danish: aftagelig , løs (da)
Finnish: irrotettava
French: amovible (fr) , détachable (fr) m or f
Galician: separable (gl) m or f
Greek: αφαιρούμενος ( afairoúmenos ) , αποσπάσιμος ( apospásimos ) , αποσπώμενος (el) ( apospómenos )
Hungarian: leválasztható (hu) , levehető (hu)
Italian: distaccabile , estraibile (it) , rimovibile (it) , separabile , staccabile
Manx: so-scarrey , yn-scarrey
Norwegian:
Bokmål: avtagbar , avtakbar
Nynorsk: avtakbar
Portuguese: destacável m or f
Russian: отделя́емый (ru) ( otdeljájemyj )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: одво̀јив , раздво̀јив
Roman: odvòjiv (sh) , razdvòjiv (sh)
Spanish: separable , de quita y pon (es)
detachable (plural detachables )
Any device that is designed so that it can be detached from something else.
2015 November 5, Jack Schofield, “Which laptop should we buy for our child?”, in The Guardian [1] :For the past few months, the red HP Pavilion X2 10-n055na has been my pick of the detachables at £249.99.