labile
French, adjective/la.bil/
labile is spelled L-A-B-I-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Labile is a French adjective meaning “labile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’est pas fixe ; mobile, changeant”.
What does labile mean in English?
adjective
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labile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’est pas fixe ; mobile, changeant. 2. Amovible, non-fixé, facilement détachable, voire instable, notamment en raison de la chaleur. Se dit par exemple de certaines protéines, des vitamines, etc. 3. Se dit d’une humeur changeante, qui se modifie aisément. 4. Se dit d’un état variable d’un moment à l’autre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of labile
- labiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce labile?
- /la.bil/
- \la.bil\
- [labil]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to labile
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is labile in French?
labile appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).