compatible

English

Etymology

from Middle French compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis (“in compatibile beneficium, a benefice which could be held together with another one”), from Late Latin compator (“to suffer with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/,

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

Adjective

compatible (comparative more compatible, superlative most compatible)

1. Capable of easy interaction.

   This printer isn't compatible with my computer.

2. Able to get along well.

   My neighbours and I are not very compatible: they're loud and I'm an introvert.

3. Consistent; congruous.

   His actions were compatible with his sermons.

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎:

     She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.

Antonyms

• incompatible
• noncompatible

Hyponyms

Related terms

• compassion
• compatibility

Translations

Noun

compatible (plural compatibles)

1. Something that is compatible with something else.

   a computer company that sells IBM compatibles

Further reading

• “compatible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “compatible”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Asturian

Adjective

compatible (epicene, plural compatibles)

1. compatible (capable of easy interaction)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Adjective

compatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural compatibles)

1. compatible

   Antonym: incompatible

Derived terms

• compatibilitat
• incompatible

Further reading

• “compatible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “compatible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “compatible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “compatible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.pa.tibl/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

compatible (plural compatibles)

1. compatible

   Antonym: incompatible

Derived terms

• compatibilité

Descendants

• → Portuguese: compatível

Further reading

• “compatible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Galician

Alternative forms

• compatíbel

Adjective

compatible m or f (plural compatibles)

1. compatible

Middle French

Adjective

compatible m or f (plural compatibles)

1. compatible

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (compatible, supplement)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompaˈtible/
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: com‧pa‧ti‧ble

Adjective

compatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural compatibles)

1. compatible

   Antonym: incompatible

Derived terms

Further reading

• “compatible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014