• (British) IPA: /ˈvɛəɹ.i.ə.bl̩/
• (America, non-Mary-marry-merry) IPA: /ˈvæɹ.i.ə.bl̩/
• (America, Mary-marry-merry) IPA: /ˈvɛɹ.i.ə.bl̩/

variable

1. Able to vary or be varied.

   variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity; a variable resistor

2. Likely to vary.
   • c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, scene ii]:

     Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.

3. Marked by diversity or difference.
4. (mathematics) Having no fixed quantitative value.
5. (biology) Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.

• (able to vary) alterable, flexible, changeable, mutable; see also Thesaurus:mutable
• (likely to vary) fickle, fluctuating, inconstant, shifting, unstable, unsteady; see also Thesaurus:unsteady or Thesaurus:changeable
• (marked by diversity or difference) varying; see also Thesaurus:heterogeneous
• (biology: tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type) aberrant

• (able to vary) constant, invariable, immutable, unalterable, unchangeable; see also Thesaurus:immutable
• (likely to vary) constant, invariable, immutable, unchangeable see also Thesaurus:steady or Thesaurus:changeless
• (marked by diversity or difference) unchanging; see also Thesaurus:homogeneous
• (mathematics: having no fixed quantitative value) constant, invariable

• French: variable
• German: variabel
• Italian: variabile, regolabile, flessiblie, modificabile
• Portuguese: variável
• Russian: переме́нный
• Spanish: variable

• German: variabel
• Italian: variabile
• Portuguese: variável
• Russian: переме́нный
• Spanish: variable

• French: variable
• Italian: variabile
• Portuguese: variável
• Russian: переме́нный

• French: variable
• German: variabel
• Italian: variabile
• Portuguese: variável
• Russian: переме́нный

variable (plural variables)

1. Something that is variable.
2. Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.

   There are several variables to consider here.

3. (mathematics) A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
4. (mathematics) A symbol representing a variable.
5. (programming) A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
6. (astronomy) A variable star.
7. (nautical) A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
8. (nautical, in the plural) Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.

• (something that is variable) changeable
• (something whose value may be dictated or discovered) parameter
• (mathematics: a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values) variable quantity; see also Thesaurus:variable

• (something that is variable) constant, invariable

• variable star

• French: variable
• German: Variable
• Italian: variabile
• Portuguese: variável
• Spanish: variable

• French: variable, paramètre
• German: Variable
• Italian: variabile
• Portuguese: variável
• Russian: неизве́стное

• French: variable, paramètre
• German: Variable, Parameter
• Italian: variabile, parametro
• Portuguese: variável
• Russian: переме́нная
• Spanish: variable

• French: variable, paramètre
• German: Variable, Symbol, Platzhalter, Variablensymbol,
• Portuguese: variável
• Russian: неизве́стная

• French: variable
• German: Variable
• Portuguese: variável
• Russian: переме́нная