adapter
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See also adaptér
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[edit] English
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- enPR: ə-dăpʹtər
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[edit] Noun
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adapter (plural adapters)
- One who is capable of adapting well to differing situations.
- He was an able adapter, and could easily adjust to the differences when the company changed ownership.
- One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
- The critic gave rave reviews to the adapter of the ancient play, who worked to give the text more relevance to the modern day.
- A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
- He had an adapter that let him plug his phone into the car's cigarette lighter for power.
- Specifically, a device that permits two, three, or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
- The wall outlet sprouted an electrical monstrosity of adapters plugged into adapters that sparked ominously.
- Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
- We bought adapters to use our three-prong plugs in the two-prong, unpolarized outlets of the old house.
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one who adapts something
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device to allow compatibility
device allowing more plugs at an outlet
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device allowing plug to fit in an outlet of different type
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[edit] External links
Adapter on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin adaptare; ad + aptare "to fit";
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adapter
- to adapt
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Conjugation of adapter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | adapter | avoir or être adapté | |||||
| gerund | en adaptant | Use the gerund of avoir or être followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | adaptant | ||||||
| past participle | adapté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | adapte | adaptes | adapte | adaptons | adaptez | adaptent |
| imperfect | adaptais | adaptais | adaptait | adaptions | adaptiez | adaptaient | |
| past historic | adaptai | adaptas | adapta | adaptâmes | adaptâtes | adaptèrent | |
| future | adapterai | adapteras | adaptera | adapterons | adapterez | adapteront | |
| conditional | adapterais | adapterais | adapterait | adapterions | adapteriez | adapteraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | adapte | adaptes | adapte | adaptions | adaptiez | adaptent |
| imperfect | adaptasse | adaptasses | adaptât | adaptassions | adaptassiez | adaptassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | adapte | — | adaptons | adaptez | — | ||
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[edit] Noun
adapter m.
- gramophone
- adapter (for connecting different appliances or parts)
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| Singular | Plural | |
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| Nominative | adapter | adaptery |
| Genitive | adaptera (adapteru) | adapterów |
| Dative | adapterowi | adapterom |
| Accusative | adapter | adaptery |
| Instrumental | adapterem | adapterami |
| Locative | adapterze | adapterach |
| Vocative | adapterze | adaptery |
