adaptable

English

Etymology

From adapt +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈdæptəbəl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Audio (US):(file)

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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Catalan

Etymology

From adaptar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

Adjective

adaptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural adaptables)

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

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Further reading

French

Etymology

From adapter +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.dap.tabl/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

adaptable (plural adaptables)

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

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Further reading

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From adaptar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adabˈtable/ [a.ð̞aβ̞ˈt̪a.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: a‧dap‧ta‧ble

Adjective

adaptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural adaptables)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adaptable.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔadapˈtable/ [ʔɐ.d̪ɐpˈt̪aː.blɛ]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: a‧dap‧ta‧ble

Adjective

adaptable (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜉ᜔ᜆᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)

  1. adaptable (capable of adapting or of being adapted)
    Synonyms: naiaangkop, naibabagay, naiaakma, naiaayon, naiaayos

Further reading

  • adaptable”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 10