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English
Etymology
From adapt + -able.
Pronunciation
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
Derived terms
Translations
capable of adapting or of being adapted
References
Catalan
Etymology
From adaptar + -able.
Pronunciation
Adjective
adaptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural adaptables)
- adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
- Antonym: inadaptable
Derived terms
Further reading
French
Etymology
From adapter + -able.
Pronunciation
Adjective
adaptable (plural adaptables)
- adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
- Antonym: inadaptable
Derived terms
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From adaptar + -able.
Adjective
adaptable m or f (plural adaptables)
- adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
- Antonyms: inadaptable, inadaptábel
Derived terms
Further reading
Scots
Etymology
adapt + -able
Adjective
adaptable (comparative mair adaptable, superlative maist adaptable)
- adaptable
References
Spanish
Etymology
From adaptar + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adabˈtable/
- 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
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish adaptable.
Pronunciation
Adjective
adaptable (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜉ᜔ᜆᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)
- 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