Meanings
- not comparableAble to be recycled.
Soda cans are recyclable.
1 more example
People are reminded again, as before, please do not leave plastic bottles, milk containers or otherwise at the Bring Centre – there are no plastic containers there any longer for such recyclable materials.
2005 March 25, “Collooney: Bring centre: another plea”, in Sligo Champion
plural recyclables
- An object that can be recycled, such as a soda can.
The garbage and recyclables need to be taken out to the street tomorrow.
1 more example
A pull-out trash drawer gives you a place to hide kitchen waste and recyclables.
1996, James A. Hufnagel, Kathie Robitz, Barbara Sabella, Kitchens: design, remodel, build, page 28
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of being used again
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷékʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷókʷlos
- Proto-Hellenic*kúklos
- Ancient Greekκύκλος (kúklos)
- Late Latincyclus
- Middle Englishcicle
- Englishcycle
- Englishrecycle
- Englishrecyclable
Translations
Bulgarian рециклируем
- рециклируем (recikliruem)able to be recycled
Catalan reciclable
- reciclableable to be recycled
Chinese Mandarin 可回收
- 可回收 (kěhuíshōu)able to be recycled
Czech recyklovatelný
- recyklovatelnýable to be recycled
Danish genbrugelig, genanvendelig
- genbrugeligable to be recycled
- genanvendeligable to be recycled
Dutch recycleerbaar, recyclebaar
- recycleerbaarable to be recycled
- recyclebaarable to be recycled
Finnish kierrätettävä, kierrätyskelpoinen
- kierrätettäväable to be recycled
- kierrätyskelpoinenable to be recycled
French recyclable
- recyclableable to be recycled
German recycelbar, recyclebar
- recycelbarable to be recycled
- recyclebarable to be recycled
- wiederverwertbarable to be recycled
Greek ανακυκλώσιμος
- ανακυκλώσιμος (anakyklósimos)able to be recycled
Hungarian újrahasznosítható, újrafelhasználható
- újrahasznosíthatóable to be recycled
- újrafelhasználhatóable to be recycled
Icelandic endurvinnanlegur, endurnýtanlegur
- endurvinnanlegurable to be recycled
- endurnýtanlegurable to be recycled
Italian riciclabile
- riciclabileable to be recycled
Norwegian Bokmål resirkulerbar
- resirkulerbarable to be recycled
Polish recyklingowalny, przetwarzalny
- recyklingowalnyable to be recycled
- przetwarzalnyable to be recycled
Portuguese reciclável
- reciclávelable to be recycled
Romanian reciclabil
- reciclabilable to be recycled
Spanish reciclable
- reciclableable to be recycled
Swedish återvinningsbar
- återvinningsbarable to be recycled
Cite this entry
recyclable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recyclable
“recyclable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recyclable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recyclable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recyclable.
Source: recyclable on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.