Borrowed intoMiddle English Old French variable Latin variare ( “ to change ” ) , fromvarius ( “ different, various ” ) . Equates toEnglish vary -able
variable (comparative morevariable ,superlative mostvariable )
Able tovary or be varied.Synonyms: alterable flexible changeable mutable see also Thesaurus:mutable Antonyms: constant invariable immutable unalterable unchangeable see also Thesaurus:immutable variable winds or seasons; avariable quantity; avariable resistor
Likely tovary .Synonyms: fickle fluctuating inconstant shifting unstable unsteady up-and-down see also Thesaurus:unsteady ,Thesaurus:changeable Antonyms: constant invariable immutable unchangeable see also Thesaurus:steady ,Thesaurus:changeless c. 1591–1595 William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC [ Act II, scene ii] :Lest that thy love prove likewisevariable .
Marked bydiversity ordifference .Synonyms: varying see also Thesaurus:heterogeneous Antonyms: unchanging see also Thesaurus:homogeneous ( mathematics ) quantitative value.Antonyms: constant invariable ( biology ) Synonym: aberrant able to vary
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likely to vary
Asturian:variable Bulgarian:променлив (bg) ( promenliv ) Catalan:variable (ca) Dutch:veranderlijk (nl) ,variabel (nl) ,schommelend (nl) ,wisselend (nl) ,onbestendig (nl) Esperanto:varia (eo) Finnish:vaihteleva (fi) ,muuttuva (fi) Galician:variable (gl) ,variábel (gl) Georgian:ცვალებადი ( cvalebadi ) German:variabel (de) Hungarian:változékony (hu) Italian:variabile (it) Japanese:変わりうる ( kawariuru ) ,変わりやすい ( kawariyasui ) Latin:variabilis Maori:taurangi tāupe Norwegian:variabel Polish:zmienny (pl) Portuguese:variável (pt) Romanian:variabil (ro) m or n Russian:переме́нный (ru) ( pereménnyj ) ,изме́нчивый (ru) ( izménčivyj ) ,непостоя́нный (ru) ( nepostojánnyj ) Spanish:variable (es) Swedish:ombytlig (sv) ,ostadig (sv) ,växlande (sv) Telugu:అస్థిర ( asthira ) Ukrainian:змі́нний m ( zmínnyj ) ,мінли́вий (uk) m ( minlývyj ) ,змі́нна f ( zmínna ) ,мінли́ва f ( minlýva )
marked by diversity or difference
Bulgarian:различаващ се ( različavašt se ) Dutch:veranderlijk (nl) ,variabel (nl) ,schommelend (nl) ,wisselend (nl) ,onbestendig (nl) Finnish:vaihteleva (fi) French:variable (fr) Georgian:ცვალებადი ( cvalebadi ) Greek:μεταβλητός (el) m ( metavlitós ) Italian:variabile (it) Norwegian:varierende Polish:zmienny (pl) Portuguese:variável (pt) Romanian:variabil (ro) m or n Russian:переме́нный (ru) ( pereménnyj ) ,изме́нчивый (ru) ( izménčivyj ) ,непостоя́нный (ru) ( nepostojánnyj ) Swedish:varierande (sv) ,omväxlande (sv) Ukrainian:змі́нний m ( zmínnyj ) ,мінли́вий (uk) m ( minlývyj ) ,змі́нна ( zmínna ) ,мінли́ва f ( minlýva )
mathematics: having no fixed quantitative value
biology: tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type
variable (plural variables
Something that isvariable .Synonym: changeable Antonyms: constant invariable Something whose value may bedictated ordiscovered .Synonym: parameter There are severalvariables to consider here.
2013 Katie L. Burke , “In the News ”, inAmerican Scientist 101 , number 3, page193 :Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecologicalvariables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
( mathematics ) Synonyms: variable quantity see also Thesaurus:variable ( mathematics ) ( programming ) ( astronomy ) variable star .( nautical ) wind , or one that varies inforce .( nautical , in theplural ) something that is variable
something whose value may be dictated or discovered
mathematics: a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values
Albanian:variabël ? Arabic:مُتَغَيِّر m ( mutaḡayyir ) Asturian:variable f Azerbaijani:dəyişən (az) Belarusian:пераме́нная f ( pjeramjénnaja ) ,зме́нная f ( zmjénnaja ) Bulgarian:проме́нлива (bg) f ( proménliva ) Burmese:ကိန်းရှင် (my) ( kin:hrang ) Catalan:variable (ca) f Chinese:Mandarin:變數 / 变数 (zh) ( biànshù ) ,變量 / 变量 (zh) ( biànliàng ) Czech:proměnná f Danish:variabel c Dutch:variabele (nl) m or f veranderlijke (nl) m or f Estonian:muutuja Finnish:muuttuja (fi) French:variable (fr) f paramètre (fr) m Galician:variable (gl) f variábel (gl) f German:Variable (de) f Parameter (de) m Greek:μεταβλητή (el) f ( metavlití ) Hebrew:מִשְׁתַּנֶּה (he) m ( mishtané ) ,נֶעְלָם (he) m ( ne'lám ) Hindi:चर (hi) ? ( car ) Hungarian:változó (hu) Icelandic:breyta (is) f Indonesian:variabel (id) ,peubah (id) Italian:variabile (it) f parametro (it) m Japanese:変数 (ja) ( へんすう, hensū ) ,変項 (ja) ( へんこう, henkō ) Kazakh:айнымалы ( ainymaly ) Khmer:អថេរ (km) ( ʼɑthee ) Korean:변수(變數) (ko) ( byeonsu ) Lao:ຕົວແປ ( tūa pǣ ) Macedonian:променлива f ( promenliva ) Maori:taurangi Mongolian:хувьсагч (mn) ( xuvʹsagč ) Norwegian:variabel m Persian:متغیر (fa) ( moteġayyer ) Polish:zmienna (pl) f Portuguese:variável (pt) f Romanian:variabilă (ro) f parametru (ro) m Russian:переме́нная (ru) f ( pereménnaja ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:променљива f промјенљива f Roman:promenljiva f promjenljiva (sh) f Slovak:premenná f Slovene:spremenljívka (sl) f Spanish:variable (es) f Swedish:variabel (sv) c Tagalog:aligin Tajik:мутағайир ( mutaġayyir ) Telugu:చరరాశి ( cararāśi ) Thai:ตัวแปร (th) ( dtuua-bprɛɛ ) Turkish:değişken (tr) Ukrainian:змі́нна f ( zmínna ) Vietnamese:biên sô 變數
mathematics: a symbol representing a variable
computing: a named mutable piece of storage
Translations to be checked
“variable ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “variable ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC “variable ”, inOneLook Dictionary Search . FromLatin variābilis
variable (epicene plural variables
variable ( able to vary ) variable ( likely to vary ) variable f plural variables
( mathematics ) variable ( a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values ) Borrowed fromLatin variābilis
variable m or f masculine and feminine plural variables
variable ( able to vary ) Antonym: invariable variable ( likely to vary ) Antonym: invariable ( mathematics ) variable ( having no fixed quantitative value ) variable f plural variables
variable ( something that is variable ) ( mathematics ) variable ( a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values ) “variable ”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana Dictionary of the Catalan Language Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans ], April 2007 “variable ”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana ,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana ,2025 “variable” inDiccionari normatiu valencià ,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .“variable” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.variable
plural anddefinite singular attributive ofvariabel variable
indefinite plural ofvariabel Borrowed fromLatin variābilis
variable (plural variables
variable Antonym: invariable variable f plural variables
( mathematics ) variable ( quantity that may assume any one of a set of values ) Antonym: constante FromLatin variābilis
variable m or f plural variables
variable ,changeable Antonym: invariable variable f plural variables
variable variable
definite singular ofvariabel plural ofvariabel variable
definite singular ofvariabel plural ofvariabel FromLatin variābilis
IPA (key ) : /baˈɾjable/ [baˈɾja.β̞le] Rhymes:-able Syllabification:va‧ria‧ble variable m or f masculine and feminine plural variables
variable variable f plural variables
variable variable
definite natural masculine singular ofvariabel 
