changeable

From Middle English changeable, from Old Northern French chaungeable, from Late Latin cambiāre (“to change”), equivalent to change +‎ -able.

• enPR: chān′jə-bəl, IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeɪn.d͡ʒə.bəl/

changeable (comparative more changeable, superlative most changeable)

1. Capable of being changed.

   Synonyms: alterable, modifiable, variable; see also Thesaurus:mutable

2. Subject to sudden or frequent changes.

   Synonyms: fickle, labile, variable; see also Thesaurus:changeable

   The weather is very changeable today: we've had bright sunshine, clouds, wind and rain in the same half-hour.

   • 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and Pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 48:

     There will be no problems with visibility, or the highly changeable Highland weather, as Scotland basks in what is reported to be the country's hottest September day for more than a century.

3. (of a species) Capable of camouflaging itself by changing colour.

   Synonym: chameleonic

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃.ʒabl/

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changeable (plural changeables)

1. changeable (capable of being changed)

• see changer

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

changeable

1. Alternative form of chaungeable