labil

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See also: lábil

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin lābilis (apt to slip, transient).

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Adjective

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labil

  1. labile (apt or likely to change)

Inflection

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Inflection of labil
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular labil 2
Indefinite neuter singular labilt 2
Plural labile 2
Definite attributive1 labile
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin lābilis (slippery), from lābor, lābī (slip; glide, flow).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /laˈbiːl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: la‧bil

Adjective

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labil (strong nominative masculine singular labiler, comparative labiler, superlative am labilsten)

  1. unstable
    Synonym: instabil
    Antonym: stabil
  2. labile (apt or likely to change)
    Synonym: instabil

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Further reading

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  • labil” in Duden online
  • labil” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch labiel, from Late Latin lābilis (slippery), from lābor, lābī (slip; glide, flow).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlabɪl]
  • Hyphenation: la‧bil

Adjective

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labil

  1. unstable, labile

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French labile, from Latin labilis.

Adjective

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labil m or n (feminine singular labilă, masculine plural labili, feminine and neuter plural labile)

  1. labile

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French labile, from Latin lābilis (slippery). Doublet of lapsus and lavin.

Adjective

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labil (comparative labilare, superlative labilast)

  1. prone to strong, unpredictable changes in mood, especially to violent anger; unstable, volatile, unbalanced, labile, etc.
    Var försiktig med den där snubben. Han är labil som fan.
    Be careful with that guy. He's unstable as fuck.
  2. (chemistry) labile

Declension

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Inflection of labil
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular labil labilare labilast
Neuter singular labilt labilare labilast
Plural labila labilare labilast
Masculine plural3 labile labilare labilast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 labile labilare labilaste
All labila labilare labilaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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