adoptable
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
adoptable (comparative more adoptable, superlative most adoptable)
- Able to be adopted.
- Only after reaching three weeks of age are the infants considered adoptable.
- Desirable to adopt.
- Personability and youthful vigor make this puppy highly adoptable.
Derived terms
Translations
able to be adopted
Noun
adoptable (plural adoptables)
- A person or animal that is eligible to be adopted.
- (online gaming) A unique creature for a user to adopt.
- (art) A character designed by an artist that one can claim ownership of.
- Alternative form: (informal) adopt
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
adoptable (plural adoptables)
Further reading
- “adoptable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adobˈtable/ [a.ð̞oβ̞ˈt̪a.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: a‧dop‧ta‧ble
Adjective
adoptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural adoptables)
Related terms
Further reading
- “adoptable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024