sortable

From sort +‎ -able, after Middle French sortable.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːtəb(ə)l/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təbəl

sortable (comparative more sortable, superlative most sortable)

1. That can be sorted. [from 20th c.]
2. (obsolete) Suitable; proper, appropriate. [from 16th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 28, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:

     If we must needs study, let us study something sorteable to our condition […].

• (that can be sorted): nonsortable, unsortable

sortable (plural sortables)

1. (graphical user interface) A component that allows a sequence of items to be reordered via drag and drop.

• bloaters, latrobes, retablos, rotables, storable

• IPA^(key): /sɔʁ.tabl/

sortable (plural sortables)

1. presentable

• “sortable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).