adapter

See also adaptér

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• adaptor

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-dăpʹtər

Etymology

From adapt +‎ -er.

Noun

adapter (plural adapters)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

Derived terms

• AC adapter
• power adapter

Related terms

adapt adaptability adaptable adaptableness adaptably adaptation adaptational adaptative adaptatively adaptativeness

adaptedness adaption adaptional adaptitude adaptive adaptively adaptiveness adaptly adaptness adaptorial

Translations

one who adapts well

Finnish: sopeutuja (fi)

one who adapts something

French: adaptateur (fr) m.

Greek: προσαρμογέας (el) (prosarmoγéas) m.

device to allow compatibility

Bulgarian: адаптор (bg), преходен детайл (bg) Czech: adaptér (cs) m. Finnish: sovitin (fi) French: adaptateur (fr) m. German: Adapter (de) m.

Greek: προσαρμοστής (el) (prosarmostís) m. Polish: adapter (pl) m. Spanish: adaptador (es) m. Swedish: adapter (sv)

device allowing more plugs at an outlet

Bulgarian: удължител (bg), разклонител (bg) Finnish: haaroitin (fi), sovitin (fi) French: adaptateur (fr) m.

German: Steckdosenleiste f., Steckerleiste f. Polish: rozgałęźnik (pl) m., (colloquial) złodziejka (pl) f. Spanish: adaptador (es) m.

device allowing plug to fit in an outlet of different type

Bulgarian: преходник (bg), приставка (bg) Finnish: sovitin (fi) French: adaptateur (fr) m. German: Adapter (de) m.

Greek: προσαρμοστής (el) (prosarmostís) m. Polish: przejściówka (pl) f. Spanish: adaptador (es) m.

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Translations to be checked

Japanese: アダプター, アダプタ Thai: บุคคลหรือสิ่งที่ปรับตัว อุปกรณ์ที่เชื่อมส่วนที่มีขนาดต่างกันให้เข้ากันได้ Portuguese: adaptador

External links

• Adapter on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• readapt

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French

Etymology

From Latin adaptare, from ad + aptare (“to fit”).

Pronunciation

• audio

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• IPA: /a.dap.te/

Verb

adapter

1. (transitive) to adapt
2. (reflexive) to adapt oneself or itself

Conjugation

   Conjugation of adapter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		adapter			avoir or être adapté
gerund		en adaptant			en ayant adapté or en étant adapté
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 historic1	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 anterior1	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
	imperfect1	adaptasse	adaptasses	adaptât	adaptassions	adaptassiez	adaptassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	adapte	—	adaptons	adaptez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• dérapât

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Latin

Verb

adapter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of adaptō

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Polish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /aˈdaptɛr/

• Audio

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Noun

adapter m.

1. gramophone
2. adapter (for connecting different appliances or parts)

Declension

    declension of adapter

	singular	plural
nominative	adapter	adaptery
genitive	adaptera (adapteru)	adapterów
dative	adapterowi	adapterom
accusative	adapter	adaptery
instrumental	adapterem	adapterami
locative	adapterze	adapterach
vocative	adapterze	adaptery