transportable

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adjective

Capable of being transported; easily moved.

“a transportable offence”

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivetransportable (comparative more transportable, superlative most transportable)

comparative more transportable · superlative most transportable

  1. datednot comparableIncurring the punishment of transportation or exile to another place.

    a transportable offence

nountransportable (plural transportables)

plural transportables

  1. AustraliaA semi-permanent building, such as a portable classroom in a school, or accommodation for fly-in fly-out workers.
  2. datedA portable computer or telephone.

    In some cases, the heavier transportables are replacing desktop PC models — but they are not leaving the office.

    1990, Computerworld, volume 24, number 21

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivecapable of being moved or conveyed from one place to another

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrāns-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥téh₂
  10. Proto-Italic*portā
  11. Proto-Italic*portāō
  12. Latinportō
  13. Latintrānsportāre
  14. Old Frenchtransporter
  15. Middle Englishtransporten
  16. Englishtransport
  17. Englishtransportable

From transport + -able.

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Translations

Catalan transportable
  • transportableCapable of being transported; easily moved
French transportable
  • transportableCapable of being transported; easily moved
German transportabel
  • transportabelCapable of being transported; easily moved
Hebrew יָבִיל
  • יָבִיל (yavil)Capable of being transported; easily moved
Italian trasportabile
  • trasportabileCapable of being transported; easily moved
Portuguese transportável
  • transportávelCapable of being transported; easily moved
Spanish transportable
  • transportableCapable of being transported; easily moved

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

transportable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transportable

MLA

“transportable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transportable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transportable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transportable.

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