sortable

Borrowed from Middle French sortable; equivalent to sort +‎ -able.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːtəb(ə)l/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)təbəl

sortable (comparative more sortable, superlative most sortable)

1. That can be sorted. [from 20th c.]
2. (obsolete) Suitable; proper, appropriate. [from 16th c.]
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 28, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     If we must needs study, let us study something sorteable to our condition […].

• (antonym(s) of “that can be sorted”): nonsortable, unsortable

sortable (plural sortables)

1. (graphical user interface) A component that allows a sequence of items to be reordered via drag and drop.

• bloaters, latrobes, retablos, rotables, storable

• IPA^(key): /sɔʁ.tabl/

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sortable (plural sortables)

1. presentable

• “sortable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.