changeable

changeable

changeable [ ʃɑ̃ʒabl ] adj.
XIIe « inconstant »; de changer
Qui peut être changé. métamorphosable, modifiable, remplaçable, réversible. « des choses de convention, c'est-à-dire à peu près immuables ou du moins fort lentement changeables » (Stendhal). ⊗ CONTR. Immuable.

changeable adjectif Qui peut être changé, modifié, substitué à quelque chose d'autre. ● changeable (synonymes) adjectif Qui peut être changé, modifié, substitué à quelque chose d'autre.
Synonymes :
- alérable
Contraires :
- inaltéable

changeable [ʃɑ̃ʒabl] adj.
ÉTYM. XIIe, « inconstant »; de changer.
Qui peut être changé. Altérable, amovible, échangeable, métamorphosable, modifiable, remplaçable, réversible, transformable. || Cette décision est changeable en son contraire.
0 (…) soyons classiques dans les expressions et les tours; ce sont des choses de convention, c'est-à-dire à peu près immuables ou du moins fort lentement changeables.
Stendhal, Racine et Shakespeare, t. II, p. 250, in Brunot.
CONTR. Immuable, inaltérable, irremplaçable.
CONTR. et COMP. Inchangeable.

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