adaptable
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈdæptəbəl/
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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.
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Translations
capable of adapting or of being adapted
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References
- “adaptable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Catalan
Adjective
adaptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural adaptables)
- adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
- Antonym: inadaptable
Derived terms
Further reading
- “adaptable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.dap.tabl/
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Adjective
adaptable (plural adaptables)
- adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
- Antonym: inadaptable
Derived terms
Further reading
- “adaptable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Alternative forms
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 (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Scots
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adabˈtable/ [a.ð̞aβ̞ˈt̪a.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: a‧dap‧ta‧ble
Adjective
adaptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural adaptables)
- adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
- Antonym: inadaptable
Derived terms
Further reading
- “adaptable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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