collapsible

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kəˈlæpsəbəl/ UK /kəˈlæpsəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
able to be folded or compressed into a smaller form

He packed a collapsible chair for the camping trip.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · able to be folded or... foldable foldingretractabletelescopingcollapsable

Opposites

rigid fixed

Word family

Derived forms collapsibility

Related forms collapse collapsed

Etymology

From collapse + -ible, from Latin collapsus, past participle of collābī 'to fall together, collapse', from com- 'together' + lābī 'to slip, fall'.

collābī Latin lābī Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# collapsible

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /kəˈlæpsəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /kəˈlæpsəbəl/

## Meanings
1. able to be folded or compressed into a smaller form

## Examples
- He packed a collapsible chair for the camping trip.

## Synonyms
- foldable
- folding
- retractable
- telescoping
- collapsable

## Antonyms
- rigid
- fixed

## Derived Forms
- collapsibility

## Related Forms
- collapse
- collapsed

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: collābī
- Root: lābī

## Etymology
From collapse + -ible, from Latin collapsus, past participle of collābī 'to fall together, collapse', from com- 'together' + lābī 'to slip, fall'.

## AI Etymology
Collapsible comes from collapse + -ible, from Latin collapsus, past participle of collābī 'to fall together, collapse', from com- 'together' + lābī 'to slip, fall'. The historical trail runs through collābī in Latin and lābī in Latin. Morphologically, collapsible is transparent: it draws on collapse + -ible, from Latin collapsus, past participle of collābī 'to fall together, collapse', from com- 'together' + lābī 'to slip, fall'. Used as an adjective, collapsible now means "able to be folded or compressed into a smaller form", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as collapsibility and related forms such as collapse and collapsed. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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