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mutable

Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːtəbəl/

The English word “mutable” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
  2. Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
  3. Being one of the signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, associated with adaptability, flexibility and sympathy.

noun

  1. Something mutable; a variable or value that can change.

Etymology

From Middle English mutable, from Old French mutable, from Latin mutabilis (“liable to change”). By surface analysis, muta- + -able.

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