different between lapse vs labile

English

Etymology

From Middle French laps, from Latin l?psus, from l?b? (“to slip”). Doublet of lapsus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /læps/
• Rhymes: -æps

Noun

lapse (plural lapses)

1. A temporary failure; a slip.

   Synonyms: blooper, gaffe, thinko; see also Thesaurus:error
2. A decline or fall in standards.
3. A pause in continuity.

   Synonyms: hiatus, moratorium; see also Thesaurus:pause

4. An interval of time between events.

   Synonyms: between-time, gap; see also Thesaurus:interim
5. A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect.
6. (meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air.
7. (law) A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective.
8. (theology) A fall or apostasy.

Derived terms

Related terms

• lapsarian

Translations

Verb

lapse (third-person singular simple present lapses, present participle lapsing, simple past and past participle lapsed)

1. (intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside.
2. (intransitive) To fall into error or heresy.
3. To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid.
4. (intransitive) To become void.
5. To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee.

Anagrams

• ALSEP, ELSPA, Lapes, Leaps, Pales, Peals, Slape, e-pals, leaps, lepas, pales, peals, pleas, salep, sepal, slape, spale

Danish

Noun

lapse c

1. indefinite plural of laps

Estonian

Noun

lapse

1. genitive singular of laps

Latin

Participle

l?pse

1. vocative masculine singular of l?psus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?bilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from l?bor, l?b? (“slip; glide, flow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?le?ba?l/

Adjective

labile (comparative more labile, superlative most labile)

1. Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
2. Apt or likely to change.

   Synonym: unstable
3. (chemistry, of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).

4. (linguistics, of a verb) Able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form.

Derived terms

Related terms

• frigolabile
• lability
• lapse

Translations

Further reading

• labile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• labile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• labile at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Belial, Biella, alible, liable

Danish

Adjective

labile

1. definite singular of labil
2. indefinite plural of labil
3. definite plural of labil

French

Etymology

From Latin l?bilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from l?bor, l?b? (“slip; glide, flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.bil/

Adjective

labile (plural labiles)

1. labile

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• baille, bâille, bâillé

Italian

Etymology

From Latin l?bilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from l?bor, l?b? (“slip; glide, flow”).

Adjective

labile (plural labili)

1. fleeting, ephemeral
2. fickle

Anagrams

• biella, Biella

Latin

Adjective

l?bile

1. nominative neuter singular of l?bilis
2. accusative neuter singular of l?bilis
3. vocative neuter singular of l?bilis