mutável

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mūtābilis.[1][2] By surface analysis, mutar +‎ -ável. Piecewise doublet of mudável.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /muˈta.vew/ [muˈta.veʊ̯]
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
  • Hyphenation: mu‧tá‧vel

Adjective

mutável m or f (plural mutáveis)

  1. mutatable; mutable (capable of undergoing mutation, change)
    Antonym: imutável

References

  1. ^ “mutável”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
  2. ^ “mutável”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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