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mutability

Syllables: mu·ta·bil·i·tyUK/ˌmjuːtəˈbɪlɪti//ˌmjutəˈbɪlɪti/

mutability noun: the quality or state of being mutable.

Noun

mutability (countable and uncountable, plural mutabilities)

  1. The quality or state of being mutable.
    • He did indeed account somewhat unfairly for this sudden change; for besides some hard and unjust surmises concerning female fickleness and mutability, he began to suspect that he owed this want of civility to his want of horses […]1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
    • There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging principles of human nature.1819 November 10, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Mutability of Literature”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number IV, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van...

mutability meaning in Bengali

mutability in Bengali

mutability; changeability; variability; the quality of being changeable or variable
পরিবর্তনশীলতা pôribôrtônośilôta
mutability; the state of being subject to change
পরিবর্তনশীলতা pôribôrtônośilôta

Forms of mutability

pluralmutabilities

Origin of mutability

From Middle English mutabilite, from Old French mutabilite, from Latin mutabilitas; equivalent to mutable + -ity.

Words formed from mutability

Questions about mutability

What does mutability mean?
Mutability means the quality or state of being mutable.
What is mutability in Bengali?
Mutability in Bengali is পরিবর্তনশীলতা (pôribôrtônośilôta). See Mutability meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is mutability?
Mutability is a noun.
How do you pronounce mutability?
Mutability is pronounced /ˌmjuːtəˈbɪlɪti/ (UK).
What is the plural of mutability?
The plural of mutability is mutabilities.

Words near mutability in the dictionary

  1. muta
  2. muta-
  3. mutabbal
  4. mutabbaq
  5. mutabilities
  6. mutability
  7. mutable
  8. mutableness
  9. mutables
  10. mutably
  11. mutacin

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mutability (page history and authors); পরিবর্তনশীলতা (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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