sortable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French sortable; equivalent to sort +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

sortable (comparative more sortable, superlative most sortable)

1. That can be sorted. [from 20th c.]
   • 2007 February 15, David Pogue, “Freedom for Prisoners of Voice Mail”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 December 2024:

     Text is searchable, sortable, copyable, pastable, printable and forwardable.

2. (obsolete) Suitable; proper, appropriate. [from 16th c.]
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 28, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

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

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “that can be sorted”): nonsortable, unsortable

Derived terms

• sortably

Noun

sortable (plural sortables)

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

Anagrams

• bloaters, latrobes, retablos, rotables, storable

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔʁ.tabl/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Adjective

sortable (plural sortables)

1. presentable

Further reading

• “sortable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012