adaptable

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /əˈdæptəbəl/

Adjective

adaptable (comparative more adaptable, superlative most adaptable)

1. Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
   • 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.

Related terms

adapt adaptability adaptableness adaptably adaptation adaptational adaptative adaptatively adaptativeness adaptedness

adapter adaption adaptional adaptitude adaptive adaptively adaptiveness adaptly adaptness adaptorial

Translations

capable of adapting or of being adapted

Bulgarian: приспособим (bg) Catalan: adaptable (ca) Czech: přizpůsobivý (cs) m. Dutch: aanpasbaar (nl) Estonian: kohandatav (et) Finnish: sopeutuva, mukautuva French: adaptable (fr) Galician: adaptábel (gl) German: anpassungsfähig (de) Greek: ευπροσάρμοστος (el) (efprosármostos)

Italian: adattabile (it) Manx: so-lhoobagh (gv) Papiamentu: adaptabel Polish: giętki (pl) Portuguese: adaptável (pt) Romanian: adaptabil (ro) Spanish: adaptable (es), amoldable (es) Swedish: anpassningsbar  (sv) Turkish: uyumlu (tr)

References

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

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French

Adjective

adaptable (epicene, plural adaptables)

1. adaptable

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Spanish

Adjective

adaptable m. and f. (plural adaptables)

1. adaptable