adaptable

Etymology

adapt +‎ -able

Pronunciation

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

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.

References

• adaptable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Etymology

adaptar +‎ -able

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.dəpˈta.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.dapˈta.ble/

Adjective

adaptable (masculine and feminine plural adaptables)

1. adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)

   Antonym: inadaptable

Further reading

• “adaptable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From adapter +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dap.tabl/

Adjective

adaptable (plural adaptables)

1. adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)

   Antonym: inadaptable

Further reading

• “adaptable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Alternative forms

• adaptábel

Etymology

From adaptar +‎ -able.

Adjective

adaptable m, f (plural adaptables)

1. adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)

   Antonyms: inadaptable, inadaptábel

Further reading

• “adaptable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Etymology

adapt +‎ -able

Adjective

adaptable (comparative mair adaptable, superlative maist adaptable)

1. adaptable

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

Etymology

From adaptar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adabˈtable/, [aðaβˈt̪aβle]

Adjective

adaptable (plural adaptables)

1. adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)

   Antonym: inadaptable

Further reading

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