adaptable
English
Etymology
adapt + -able
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈdæptəbəl/
Audio (UK) (file)
Adjective
adaptable (comparative more adaptable, superlative most adaptable)
- Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
- Antonyms: unadaptable, inadaptable
- 1901, Sabine Baring-Gould, The Frobishers:
- Joan was adaptable, and easily fell in with the prevalent tone. She played her small jokes on each, and this readily dissolved restraint, and put all on terms of easy friendship.
Synonyms
- adaptive
Derived terms
- adaptability
- adaptableness
- adaptably
- inadaptable
- maladaptable
- unadaptable
Related terms
- adapt
Translations
capable of adapting or of being adapted
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References
- adaptable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Catalan
Etymology
adaptar + -able
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ə.dəpˈta.blə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.dapˈta.ble/
Adjective
adaptable (masculine and feminine plural adaptables)
- adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
- Antonym: inadaptable
Derived terms
- adaptabilitat
Further reading
- “adaptable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From adapter + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.dap.tabl/
Audio (file)
Adjective
adaptable (plural adaptables)
- adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
- Antonym: inadaptable
Derived terms
- adaptabilité
Further reading
- “adaptable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Alternative forms
- adaptábel
Etymology
From adaptar + -able.
Adjective
adaptable m or f (plural adaptables)
- adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
- Antonyms: inadaptable, inadaptábel
Derived terms
- adabtabilidade
Further reading
- “adaptable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Scots
Etymology
adapt + -able
Adjective
adaptable (comparative mair adaptable, superlative maist adaptable)
- adaptable
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Spanish
Etymology
From adaptar + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adabˈtable/ [a.ð̞aβ̞ˈt̪a.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: a‧dap‧ta‧ble
Adjective
adaptable (plural adaptables)
- adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
- Antonym: inadaptable
Derived terms
- adaptabilidad
Further reading
- “adaptable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014