variável

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin variābilis. By surface analysis, variar +‎ -ável.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɾiˈa.vew/ [va.ɾɪˈa.veʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /vaˈɾja.vew/ [vaˈɾja.veʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈɾja.vɛl/ [vɐˈɾja.vɛɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈɾja.bɛl/ [bɐˈɾja.βɛɫ]

Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
Hyphenation: va‧ri‧á‧vel

Adjective

variável m or f (plural variáveis, comparable, comparative mais variável, superlative o mais variável or variabilíssimo)

variable (able to vary)

Quotations

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Derived terms

Noun

variável f (plural variáveis)

variable (something able to vary)
(programming) variable (named memory location)

Quotations

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