Meanings
- not comparableDesigned to be unfastened or disconnected without damage.
Pique and linen also accented several coats and oftentimes were both detachable and formed an overcollar covering a collar made from the coat fabric.
1967, Ann Helen Stroup, An Investigation of the Dress of American Children from 1930 Through 1941 with Emphasis on Factors Influencing Change, page 195
plural detachables
- Any device that is designed so that it can be detached from something else.
For the past few months, the red HP Pavilion X2 10-n055na has been my pick of the detachables at £249.99.
2015 November 5, Jack Schofield, “Which laptop should we buy for our child?”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchdétachable
- Englishdetachable
From French détachable, detach + -able.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian отделяем, подвижен
- отделяем (otdeljaem)designed to be unfastened
- подвижен (podvižen)designed to be unfastened
Danish aftagelig, løs
- aftageligdesigned to be unfastened
- løsdesigned to be unfastened
Finnish irrotettava
- irrotettavadesigned to be unfastened
French amovible, détachable
- amovibledesigned to be unfastened
- détachabledesigned to be unfastened
Greek αφαιρούμενος, αποσπάσιμος
- αφαιρούμενος (afairoúmenos)designed to be unfastened
- αποσπάσιμος (apospásimos)designed to be unfastened
- αποσπώμενος (apospómenos)designed to be unfastened
Hungarian leválasztható, levehető
- leválaszthatódesigned to be unfastened
- levehetődesigned to be unfastened
Italian distaccabile, estraibile
- distaccabiledesigned to be unfastened
- estraibiledesigned to be unfastened
- rimovibiledesigned to be unfastened
- separabiledesigned to be unfastened
- staccabiledesigned to be unfastened
Norwegian Bokmål avtagbar, avtakbar
- avtagbardesigned to be unfastened
- avtakbardesigned to be unfastened
Portuguese destacável
- destacáveldesigned to be unfastened
Russian отделя́емый
- отделя́емый (otdeljájemyj)designed to be unfastened
Spanish separable, de quita y pon
- separabledesigned to be unfastened
- de quita y pondesigned to be unfastened
Cite this entry
detachable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detachable
“detachable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detachable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detachable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detachable.
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