adapter

See also: Adapter and adaptér

English

Alternative forms

• adaptor (Commonwealth)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ptós

Proto-Italic *aptos

Latin aptus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Proto-Indo-European [Term?]der.

Proto-Italic *apjō

Latin apiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

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Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin aptō

Latin adaptōder.

Middle English *adapten

English adapt

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English adapter

From adapt + -er.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-dăpʹtər
• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈdæptə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈdæptəɹ/

• Audio (Canada):

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• Hyphenation: adap‧ter
• Rhymes: -æptə(ɹ)

Noun

adapter (plural adapters)

1. One who is capable of adapting 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.

4. 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.

   • 2014 April 24, Alan Cowell, “At Pistorius trial, Twitterati have their day in court”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 17 April 2023:

     Sitting in the courtroom ..., their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times – the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.

   1. Specifically, a device that permits two 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.

   2. 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.

   3. Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.

      I lost my cellphone's adapter so I couldn't recharge it.

6. (machine learning, artificial intelligence) A collection of low-rank matrices which, when added to a base model, produces a fine-tuned model; a LoRA.

Hyponyms

• AC adapter
• analog telephone adapter
• cell phone adapter
• Claisen adapter
• IPv4 adapter
• IPv6 adapter
• LAN adapter
• network adapter
• phone adapter
• phone to PC adapter
• power adapter
• video adapter

Derived terms

• adaptability
• adaptable
• adaptableness
• adaptably
• adaptation
• adaptational
• adaptative
• adaptatively
• adaptativeness
• adaptedness
• adaptee
• adapter pattern
• adaption
• adaptional
• adaptitude
• adaptive
• adaptively
• adaptiveness
• adaptly
• adaptness
• adaptorial
• class adapter pattern
• double adapter
• expansion adapter
• graphics adapter
• microadapter
• object adapter pattern
• seroadapter
• travel adapter
• USB adapter
• wireless adapter

Descendants

• → Japanese: アダプター (adaputā)
• → Swahili: adapta

Translations

one who adapts well

• Finnish: sopeutuja (fi)
• Romanian: adaptor (ro) m or n

one who adapts something

• Catalan: adaptador m
• Dutch: bewerker (nl) m, bewerkster (nl) f
• Finnish: sovittaja (fi)
• French: adaptateur (fr) m
• Greek: προσαρμογέας m (prosarmogéas)
• Polish: adaptator (pl) m, adaptatorka (pl) f
• Portuguese: adaptador (pt) m
• Spanish: adaptador (es) m

device to allow compatibility (in general)

• Arabic: مُوَائِم m (muwāʔim)
• Armenian: ադապտեր (hy) (adapter)
• Belarusian: ада́птар m (adáptar), ада́птэр m (adápter)
• Bulgarian: ада́птер (bg) m (adápter), прехо́ден дета́йл m (prehóden detájl)
• Catalan: adaptador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 適配器 / 适配器 (zh) (shìpèiqì)

• Czech: adaptér (cs) m
• Danish: adapter c
• Dutch: adapter (nl) m
• Esperanto: adaptilo
• Estonian: adapter (et)
• Finnish: sovitin (fi), adapteri (fi)
• French: adaptateur (fr) m
• Georgian: გადამყვანი (gadamq̇vani), ადაპტერი (adaṗṭeri)
• German: Adapter (de) m
• Greek: προσαρμοστής m (prosarmostís)
• Greenlandic: sarfamut nuutsissut
• Hindi: अडाप्टर m (aḍāpṭar)
• Hungarian: adapter (hu)
• Italian: adattatore (it) m
• Japanese: アダプタ (adaputa), アダプター (ja) (adaputā)
• Khmer: អាដាប់ធ័រ (ʼaadapthɔə)
• Korean: 어댑터 (eodaepteo)
• Lao: ປັກສຽບໄຟ (pak sīap fai)
• Latvian: adapteris m
• Lithuanian: adapteris m
• Macedonian: ада́птер m (adápter)
• Māori: pūwhāurutau, pūurutau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: adapter (no) m

• Persian: مبدل (fa) (mobaddal)
• Polish: adapter (pl) m
• Portuguese: adaptador (pt) m
• Romanian: adaptor (ro) n
• Russian: ада́птер (ru) m (adáptɛr)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: адаптер m

  Latin: adapter m

• Slovak: adaptér m
• Slovene: adapter m
• Spanish: adaptador (es) m
• Swedish: adapter (sv) c
• Thai: ตัวปรับต่อ (dtuua-bpràp-dtɔ̀ɔ)
• Turkish: adaptör (tr)
• Ukrainian: ада́птер (uk) m (adápter)
• Urdu: اڈاپٹر m (aḍāpṭar)
• Yoruba: amúbádọ́gba

device allowing more plugs at an outlet

• Arabic: مُشْتَرَك كَهْرَبَائِيّ m (muštarak kahrabāʔiyy)
• Asturian: lladrón m
• Belarusian: перахадні́к m (pjeraxadník)
• Bulgarian: удължи́тел m (udălžítel), разклони́тел m (razklonítel)
• Czech: rozbočka f, (for two plugs) rozdvojka (cs) f
• Dutch: verdeelstekker (nl) m, dominostekker (nl) m, driewegstekker m
• Esperanto: adaptilo
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: haaroitin, haaroituspistorasia
• French: adaptateur (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Steckdosenleiste f, Steckerleiste f
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: rozgałęźnik m, przedłużacz (pl) m (informal), złodziejka (pl) f (colloquial)
• Portuguese: adaptador (pt) m
• Romanian: adaptor (ro) n
• Russian: переходни́к (ru) m (perexodník)
• Slovak: rozbočka f, (for two plugs) rozdvojka f
• Spanish: adaptador (es) m, ladrón (es) m, regleta (es) f
• Ukrainian: перехідни́к m (perexidnýk)

device allowing plug to fit in an outlet of different type

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: пре́ходник (bg) m (préhodnik), приста́вка (bg) f (pristávka)
• Catalan: adaptador m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 適配器 / 适配器 (zh) (shìpèiqì)

• Dutch: reisstekker m, verloopstekker (nl) m, wereldstekker m
• Esperanto: adaptilo
• Estonian: adapter (et)
• Finnish: sovitin (fi), adapteri (fi)
• French: adaptateur (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Adapter (de) m
• Greek: προσαρμοστής m (prosarmostís)
• Japanese: アダプター (ja) (adaputā)
• Khmer: អាដាប់ធ័រ (ʼaadapthɔə)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: ປັກສຽບໄຟ (pak sīap fai)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: przejściówka (pl) f, adapter (pl) m
• Portuguese: adaptador (pt) m, T (pt) m, benjamim (pt) m, benjamim (pt) m
• Romanian: adaptor (ro) n
• Russian: ада́птер (ru) m (adáptɛr), переходни́к (ru) m (perexodník)
• Spanish: adaptador (es) m
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: adaptör (tr), priz adaptörü
• Ukrainian: перехідни́к m (perexidnýk)

device that converts AC to DC for battery-powered gadgets

• Dutch: adapter (nl) m
• Finnish: verkkosovitin (fi), verkkoadapteri
• Turkish: adaptör (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} アダプター (ja), ^{(please verify)} アダプタ
• Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} אַדאַפּטירער m (adaptirer)

References

• Category:adapters on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• re-adapt, readapt

Chinese

Etymology

From English adapter.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa⁶ dep¹ taa²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa⁶ dep¹ taa²
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa⁶ dep⁷ taa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: a⁶ déb¹ ta²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː²² tɛːp̚⁵ tʰaː³⁵/

Noun

adapter

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) adapter (device between connectors with different formats)

Synonyms

• 轉插器／转插器, 轉插／转插

Estonian

Etymology

From English adapter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈd̥ɑpter/, [ɑˈd̥ɑpˑter]
• Rhymes: -ɑpter
• Hyphenation: adap‧ter

Noun

adapter (genitive adapteri, partitive adapterit)

1. (electronics) adapter (a device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible)

Declension

Declension of adapter (ÕS type 2e/minut, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		adapter	adapterid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	adapteri
genitive			adapterite
partitive		adapterit	adaptereid
illative		adapterisse	adapteritesse adaptereisse
inessive		adapteris	adapterites adaptereis
elative		adapterist	adapteritest adaptereist
allative		adapterile	adapteritele adaptereile
adessive		adapteril	adapteritel adaptereil
ablative		adapterilt	adapteritelt adaptereilt
translative		adapteriks	adapteriteks adaptereiks
terminative		adapterini	adapteriteni
essive		adapterina	adapteritena
abessive		adapterita	adapteriteta
comitative		adapteriga	adapteritega

Compounds

• reisiadapter
• toiteadapter
• võrguadapter

Related terms

adjectives

• adaptiivne
• adaptogeenne

nouns

• adaptatsioon
• adapteerija
• adapteerimine
• adaptiivsus
• adaptogeen
• adaptsioon

verbs

• adapteerima
• adapteeruma

References

• adapter in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “adapter”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dap.te/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Verb

adapter

1. (transitive) to adapt
2. (reflexive, s'adapter) to adapt oneself or itself

Conjugation

Conjugation of adapter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	adapter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	adaptant /a.dap.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		adapté /a.dap.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	adapte /a.dapt/	adaptes /a.dapt/	adapte /a.dapt/	adaptons /a.dap.tɔ̃/	adaptez /a.dap.te/	adaptent /a.dapt/
	imperfect	adaptais /a.dap.tɛ/	adaptais /a.dap.tɛ/	adaptait /a.dap.tɛ/	adaptions /a.dap.tjɔ̃/	adaptiez /a.dap.tje/	adaptaient /a.dap.tɛ/
	past historic2	adaptai /a.dap.te/	adaptas /a.dap.ta/	adapta /a.dap.ta/	adaptâmes /a.dap.tam/	adaptâtes /a.dap.tat/	adaptèrent /a.dap.tɛʁ/
	future	adapterai /a.dap.tə.ʁe/	adapteras /a.dap.tə.ʁa/	adaptera /a.dap.tə.ʁa/	adapterons /a.dap.tə.ʁɔ̃/	adapterez /a.dap.tə.ʁe/	adapteront /a.dap.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	adapterais /a.dap.tə.ʁɛ/	adapterais /a.dap.tə.ʁɛ/	adapterait /a.dap.tə.ʁɛ/	adapterions /a.dap.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	adapteriez /a.dap.tə.ʁje/	adapteraient /a.dap.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	adapte /a.dapt/	adaptes /a.dapt/	adapte /a.dapt/	adaptions /a.dap.tjɔ̃/	adaptiez /a.dap.tje/	adaptent /a.dapt/
	imperfect2	adaptasse /a.dap.tas/	adaptasses /a.dap.tas/	adaptât /a.dap.ta/	adaptassions /a.dap.ta.sjɔ̃/	adaptassiez /a.dap.ta.sje/	adaptassent /a.dap.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	adapte /a.dapt/	—	adaptons /a.dap.tɔ̃/	adaptez /a.dap.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• adaptable
• adapteur
• sport adapté

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: adapte
• → Romanian: adapta

Further reading

• “adapter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• dérapât

Indonesian

Etymology

From English adapter.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aˈdaptər/ [aˈdap̚.t̪ər]
• Syllabification: a‧dap‧ter

Noun

adaptêr (plural adapter-adapter)

1. alternative form of adaptor

Latin

Verb

adapter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of adaptō

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adaptō.

Verb

adapter

1. to adapt

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of adapter

infinitive	simple	adapter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	adaptant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		adapté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	adapte	adaptes	adapte	adaptons	adaptez	adaptent
	imperfect	adaptois, adaptoys	adaptois, adaptoys	adaptoit, adaptoyt	adaptions, adaptyons	adaptiez, adaptyez	adaptoient, adaptoyent
	past historic	adapta	adaptas	adapta	adaptasmes	adaptastes	adapterent
	future	adapterai, adapteray	adapteras	adaptera	adapterons	adapterez	adapteront
	conditional	adapterois, adapteroys	adapterois, adapteroys	adapteroit, adapteroyt	adapterions, adapteryons	adapteriez, adapteryez	adapteroient, adapteroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	adapte	adaptes	adapte	adaptons	adaptez	adaptent
	imperfect	adaptasse	adaptasses	adaptast	adaptassions	adaptassiez	adaptassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	adapte	—	adaptons	adaptez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “adapter”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ptós

Proto-Italic *aptos

Latin aptus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Proto-Indo-European [Term?]der.

Proto-Italic *apjō

Latin apiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

▲

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin aptō

Latin adaptōder.

Middle English *adapten

English adapt

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

▲

Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English adapterbor.

Polish adapter

Borrowed from English adapter. First attested in 1903.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdap.tɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aptɛr
• Syllabification: a‧dap‧ter

Noun

adapter m inan (diminutive adapterek, related adjective adapterowy)

1. (electronics) adapter (a device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible)

   Synonyms: przejściówka, rozgałęziacz

   adapter sieciowy/sieci ― a network adapter

   adapter USB ― a USB adapter

2. gramophone, phonograph, record player

   Synonym: gramofon

   stary adapter ― an old gramophone

   głośnik adapteru ― a gramophone speaker

   igła adapteru ― a gramophone needle

   ramię adapteru ― a gramophone arm

   nastawić adapter ― to pop a gramophone on

   uruchomić adapter ― to start a gramophone

   włączyć adapter ― to turn on a gramophone

   wyłączyć adapter ― to turn off gramophone

   podłączyć adapter ― to hook up a gramophone

   ściszyć adapter ― to turn down a gramophone

   podgłośnić adapter ― to turn up a gramophone

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

Related terms

adjectives

• adaptabilny
• adaptacyjny
• adaptatorski
• adaptatywny
• adaptogenny
• adaptowalny

adverbs

• adaptacyjnie
• adaptatywnie

nouns

• adapciak
• adaptabilność
• adaptacja
• adaptacjonizm
• adaptacyjność
• adaptator
• adaptatorka
• adaptatywność
• adaptogen
• adaptometr
• adaptowalność

verbs

• adaptować impf, zaadaptować pf

Further reading

• “adapter”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “adapter”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Swedish

Noun

adapter c

1. an adapter (device)

Declension

Declension of adapter

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	adapter	adapters
	definite	adaptern	adapterns
plural	indefinite	adaptrar	adaptrars
	definite	adaptrarna	adaptrarnas

References

• “adapter”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “adapter”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)