adaptable

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English

Etymology

adapt +‎ -able

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈdæptəbəl/
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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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French

Etymology

From adapter +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

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

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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/
  • 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

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