adapter

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See also: Adapter and adaptér

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From adapt +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈdaptə/
  • enPR: ə-dăpʹtər
  • Hyphenation: adap‧ter

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.
  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.
    • 2014 April 24, Alan Cowell, “At Pistorius trial, Twitterati have their day in court”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      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, 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.
    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.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

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Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

adapter (genitive adapteri, partitive adapterit)

  1. adapter (device)

Declension

Declension of adapter (ÕS type 2/õpik, 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
Declension of adapter (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative adapter adaptrid
accusative nom.
gen. adaptri
genitive adaptrite
partitive adaptrit adaptreid
illative adaptrisse adaptritesse
adaptreisse
inessive adaptris adaptrites
adaptreis
elative adaptrist adaptritest
adaptreist
allative adaptrile adaptritele
adaptreile
adessive adaptril adaptritel
adaptreil
ablative adaptrilt adaptritelt
adaptreilt
translative adaptriks adaptriteks
adaptreiks
terminative adaptrini adaptriteni
essive adaptrina adaptritena
abessive adaptrita adaptriteta
comitative adaptriga adaptritega

(nonstandard)

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin adaptare, from ad + aptare (“to fit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.dap.te/
  • audio:(file)

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).

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) 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

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (adapter, supplement)

Polish

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Pronunciation

Noun

adapter m inan

  1. gramophone
  2. adapter (device 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

Further reading

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