I. adjective
or move·able ˈmüvəbəl
Etymology: Middle English mevable, movable, from meven, moven to move + -able — more at move
1. obsolete
a. : fickle , inconstant
b. : inclined to move or quick in movement
2.
a. : capable of being moved : not fixed : not stationary
a device with a movable attachment
: not restricted to one position or location
movable hexachord
movable clef sign
b. of property
(1) : that can be removed or displaced and that is thus usually personal rather than real
movable wealth
movable goods
(2) Scots law : that does not descend to an heir by inheritance : that is not heritable
3. : that varies chronologically ; specifically : that varies in calendar date from one year to the next
a movable holiday
4. : alternating with zero morphophonemically or in etymologies
5. of a letter or sound : that in some forms or in some verbal environments is sometimes present (as for euphony) and sometimes absent — compare nu movable , quiescent
6. : pronounced as distinguished from quiescent
movable consonants and syllables in Hebrew
II. noun
or moveable “
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English mevable, from mevable, movable, adjective
1. : a piece of property (as an article of furniture) that can be removed or displaced : a movable piece of property
2. Scots law : a piece of property that is not heritable