# labile

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈleɪbaɪl/ · frequency rank #88,525

## Definitions
1. Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
2. Apt or likely to change.
3. Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).
4. Able to change valency without changing its form; especially, able to be used both transitively and intransitively without changing its form.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lābilis (“apt to slip, transient”), from lābor, lābī (“slip; glide, flow”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/labile