adaptable

English

Etymology

adapt + -able

Pronunciation

Adjective

adaptable (comparative more adaptable, superlative most adaptable)

  1. 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.

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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)

  1. adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
    Antonym: inadaptable

Derived terms

  • adaptabilitat

Further reading


French

Etymology

From adapter + -able.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.dap.tabl/

Adjective

adaptable (plural adaptables)

  1. adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
    Antonym: inadaptable

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From adaptar + -able.

Adjective

adaptable m or f (plural adaptables)

  1. adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
    Antonyms: inadaptable, inadaptábel

Derived terms

  • adabtabilidade

Further reading


Scots

Etymology

adapt + -able

Adjective

adaptable (comparative mair adaptable, superlative maist adaptable)

  1. adaptable

References


Spanish

Etymology

From adaptar + -able.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adabˈtable/, [aðaβˈt̪aβle]

Adjective

adaptable (plural adaptables)

  1. adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
    Antonym: inadaptable

Derived terms

Further reading

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