foldable
adjective, noun
foldable is an adjective meaning “That can be folded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-L-D-A-B-L-E, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does foldable mean?
adjective
- 1
That can be folded.
noun
- 1
Something that can be folded.
- 2
A mobile phone that can be folded up when not in use.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of foldable
- more foldable comparative
- most foldable superlative
- foldables plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is foldable?
Foldable appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Foldable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that can be folded:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does foldable come from?
From fold + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).