Meaning
sliding, smooth-flowing
- sliding (designed to slide along a track or groove)
- flowing smoothly or easy to read (of text, traffic, speech)
In a sentence
Abbiamo installato una porta scorrevole per risparmiare spazio in corridoio.
We installed a sliding door to save space in the hallway.
Il suo ultimo romanzo è molto piacevole e scorrevole da leggere.
His latest novel is very pleasant and smooth to read.
Oggi il traffico in tangenziale è insolitamente scorrevole.
Today, traffic on the ring road is unusually smooth-flowing.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| scorrevole | masculine · singular |
| scorrevole | feminine · singular |
| scorrevoli | masculine · plural |
| scorrevoli | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Ends in -e, so it shares the singular form for both masculine and feminine, and ends in -i in the plural.
- Commonly used for sliding doors (porta scorrevole) and well-paced, readable books or articles.