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Commutable

Definition: Commutable

Commutable

Adjective

1. Subject to alteration or change; "the death sentence was commutable to life imprisonment".

2. Capable of being exchanged for another or for something else that is equivalent.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Commutable \Com*mut"a*ble\, adjective. [Latin expression commutabilis.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonym: Commutable

Synonym: substitutable (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: incommutable (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Commutable

English words defined with "commutable": commutability, Commutablenesstransmutability. (references)
Etymologies containing "commutable": incommutable. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Commutable

SubjectTopicQuote

Worker Rights

Guatemala

Prison sentences for traffickers are commutable. (references)

Guatemala

The court sentenced each of the 22 to terms of 3 years and 6 months, commutable by payment of fines. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Commutable

Language Translations for "commutable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i ndërrueshëm (changeable, convertible, ding-dong, variable), i ndërkëmbyeshëm (alternative). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قابل للاستبدال (exchangeable). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

заменяем (exchangeable). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zamìnitelný (convertible, replaceable), vymìnitelný (detachable). (various references)

   

French

  

interchangeable. (various references)

   

German

  

vertauschbar (exchangeable, interchangeable), austauschbar (compatibility, exchangeable, interchangeable, interchangeably, mountable, replaceable). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

módosítható (modifiable, variable), felcserélhető (interchangeable), cserélhető, átváltoztatható (convertible, transformable). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

dapat diganti. (various references)

   

Manx

  

yn-vaylartagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ommutablecay

   

Portuguese

  

comutável, permutável (convertible, interchangeable). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

comutabil (commutative), care poate fi schimbat. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

годный для обмена (exchangeable). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

razmenljiv (interchangeable, interconvertible). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

conmutable. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

utbytbar (convertible, exchangeable, interchangable, interchangeable, interconvertible, replaceable). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

hafifletilebilir (mitigable), değiştirilebilir (alterable, changeable, convertible, exchangeable, modifiable, open ended, replaceable), dönüştürülebilir (reducible). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

замінний, замінимий. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

có thể thay thế (replaceable), có thể thay đổi cho nhau, có thể giao hoán. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Commutable

Derivations

Words ending with "commutable": incommutable. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Commutable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: commestable, commitable, confutable. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Commutable"

Words rhyming with "commutable" (pronounced 'Com*mut"a*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Commutable

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-l-m-m-o-t-u"

-2 letters: bluecoat.

-3 letters: calumet, cembalo, commute, leucoma, mutable, outbeam.

-4 letters: acetum, almuce, amulet, becalm, boatel, boucle, cablet, camlet, cobalt, comate, combat, coteau, embalm, lobate, locate, macule, maumet, muleta, mumble, oblate, talcum, tombac, tombal, tumble.

-5 letters: about, acute, album, amble, amole, beaut, blame, blate, bleat, bloat, bluet, blume, botel, boule, buteo, butle, cable, camel, cameo, celom.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-l-m-m-o-t-u"
 

+2 letters: incommutable.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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