different between fickle vs modifiable

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?k.?l/
• Rhymes: -?k?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English fikil, fikel, from Old English ficol (“fickle, cunning, tricky, deceitful”), equivalent to fike +? -le. More at fike.

Adjective

fickle (comparative fickler or more fickle, superlative ficklest or most fickle)

1. Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
2. (figuratively) Changeable.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English fikelen, from fikel (“fickle”); see above. Cognate with Low German fikkelen (“to deceive, flatter”), German ficklen, ficheln (“to deceive, flatter”).

Verb

fickle (third-person singular simple present fickles, present participle fickling, simple past and past participle fickled)

1. (transitive) To deceive, flatter.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.

Anagrams

• Fickel

English

Etymology

From French modifiable. Surface etymology is modify +? -able

Adjective

modifiable (comparative more modifiable, superlative most modifiable)

1. Capable of being modified; subject to modification.

Synonyms

• (subject to modification): changeable, editable, mutable

Antonyms

• (subject to modification): unmodifiable

French

Etymology

From modifier +? -able

Adjective

modifiable (plural modifiables)

1. modifiable

Derived terms

• immodifiable
• modifiabilité

Related terms

• modification
  • modificateur
• modifier
• modifieur

Further reading

• “modifiable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).