detachable

See also: détachable

English

Etymology

From French détachable, detach +‎ -able

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dətætʃəbl̩/, /diːtætʃəbl̩/

Adjective

detachable (not comparable)

Designed to be unfastened or disconnected without damage.

Translations

designed to be unfastened

Bulgarian: отделяем (otdeljaem), подвижен (bg) (podvižen)
French: amovible (fr), détachable (fr) m or f
Galician: desmontable (gl) m or f
Hungarian: leválasztható, levehető
Italian: distaccabile, estraibile (it), rimovibile, 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: desmontable m or f

Noun

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:
  For the past few months, the red HP Pavilion X2 10-n055na has been my pick of the detachables at £249.99.

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