adaptable

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English

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Etymology

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From adapt +‎ -able.

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Adjective

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adaptable (comparative more adaptable, superlative most adaptable)

  1. Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
    Antonyms: unadaptable, inadaptable
    • 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.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From adaptar +‎ -able.

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adaptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural adaptables)

  1. adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
    Antonym: inadaptable

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French

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Etymology

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From adapter +‎ -able.

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adaptable (plural adaptables)

  1. adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
    Antonym: inadaptable

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Galician

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Etymology

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From adaptar +‎ -able.

Adjective

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adaptable m or f (plural adaptables)

  1. adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
    Antonyms: inadaptable, inadaptábel

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Scots

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Etymology

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adapt +‎ -able

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adaptable (comparative mair adaptable, superlative maist adaptable)

  1. adaptable

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From adaptar +‎ -able.

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  • IPA(key): /adabˈtable/ [a.ð̞aβ̞ˈt̪a.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: a‧dap‧ta‧ble

Adjective

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adaptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural adaptables)

  1. adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
    Antonym: inadaptable

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish adaptable.

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adaptable (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜉ᜔ᜆᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)

  1. adaptable (capable of adapting or of being adapted)
    Synonyms: naiaangkop, naibabagay, naiaakma, naiaayon, naiaayos
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Further reading

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  • adaptable”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 10