labile

Meaning

1. Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
2. Apt or likely to change.
3. Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).
4. Able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form.

Synonyms

unstable

unsteady

ambitransitive

erratic

fluctuating

inconstant

instable

shifty

soft

astable

unfirm

unstabilized

volatile

wishy-washy

off-and-on

uncertain

astatic

err

Translations

lábil

labile

labil

ασταθής

unbeständig

ambitransitivo

nicht stabil

instabile

labile

labile

wankelbaar

labiel

ambitransitiv

kaymaya meyilli

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈleɪbaɪl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from lābor, lābī (“slip; glide, flow”).