retractable

See also: rétractable

English

Etymology

retract +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈtɹæktɪbəl/, /ɹəˈtɹæktəbəl/

Adjective

retractable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being retracted; retractile.

Derived terms

• irretractable
• nonretractable
• thermoretractable
• unretractable

 

Translations

capable of being retracted

• Catalan: retractable (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伸缩自如的

• Finnish: sisäänvedettävä
• French: rétractable (fr) m or f, rétractile (fr) m or f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: einziehbar
• Italian: retrattile (it), rientrabile, retraibile, ritrattabile
• Manx: yn-chraplaghey, yn-hirkaghey, yn-yrjaghey
• Russian: втя́гивающийся (ru) (vtjágivajuščijsja), убира́ющийся (ru) (ubirájuščijsja)
• Swedish: infällbar, indragbar

See also

• pull-down

Noun

retractable (plural retractables)

1. A retractable pen.
   • 1979 October 12, Douglas Adams, chapter 21, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, London: Pan Books, →ISBN:

     Somewhere in the cosmos, he said, […] there was also a planet entirely given over to Biro life forms. […] Veet Voogajig suddenly claimed to have found this planet, and to have worked there for a while driving a limousine for a family of cheap green retractables […]