transformable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts

Proto-Italic *trāns

Proto-Italic *trāns-

Latin trāns-

Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.?

Latin fōrma

Latin fōrmō

Latin transformo

Old French transformer

Middle French transfourmerbor.

Middle English transformen

English transform

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English transformable

From transform + -able.

Adjective

transformable (comparative more transformable, superlative most transformable)

1. Able to be transformed.

Derived terms

• biotransformable
• intertransformable
• intransformable
• nontransformable
• phototransformable
• untransformable

Translations

able to be transformed

• Romanian: transformabil (ro)
• Spanish: transformable (es)

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

transformable (plural transformables)

1. transformable

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts

Proto-Italic *trāns

Proto-Italic *trāns-

Latin trāns-

Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.?

Latin fōrma

Latin fōrmō

Latin trānsfōrmārelbor.

Spanish transformar

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old Spanish -abile

Spanish -able

Spanish transformable

From transformar + -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾansfoɾˈmable/ [t̪ɾãns.foɾˈma.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: trans‧for‧ma‧ble

Adjective

transformable m or f (masculine and feminine plural transformables)

1. transformable

Further reading

• “transformable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026