Meanings
comparative more foldable · superlative most foldable
- That can be folded.
plural foldables
- Something that can be folded.
This should speed up assembly, although many traditionally assembled foldables can be put together in 20 minutes or less; they can be knocked down faster.
2000, Canoe & Kayak Magazine, volume 28, numbers 2-6, page 951 more example
Then on the right side of the page, students glue their class notes, often taken as foldables. The foldables serve as interactive graphic organizers and allow students to create flaps that reveal their notes about a specific topic.
2015, Cathy Vatterott, Rethinking Grading, page 50- A mobile phone that can be folded up when not in use.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of being folded up and stored
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan plegable
- plegablethat can be folded
Chinese Cantonese 摺機 /折机
- 摺機 /折机mobile phone
Chinese Mandarin 折疊式 /折叠式, 折疊 /折叠
- 折疊式 /折叠式 (zhédiéshì)that can be folded
- 折疊 /折叠 (zhédié)mobile phone
- 摺機 /折机mobile phone
Finnish taittuva
- taittuvathat can be folded
German faltbar
- faltbarthat can be folded
Italian pieghevole
- pieghevolethat can be folded
Korean 접이식
- 접이식 (jeobisik)something foldable
Latin plicātilis
- plicātilisthat can be folded
Polish składalny, składak
- składalnythat can be folded
- składaksomething foldable
Portuguese dobrável
- dobrávelthat can be folded
Russian складно́й
- складно́й (skladnój)that can be folded
Spanish plegable
- plegablethat can be folded
Swedish hopfällbar, ihopfällbar
- hopfällbarthat can be folded
- ihopfällbarthat can be folded
- vikbarthat can be folded
- hopvikbarthat can be folded
- ihopvikbarthat can be folded
- fällbarthat can be folded
Cite this entry
foldable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foldable
“foldable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foldable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foldable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foldable.
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