# adaptable
## English
### Etymology

From adapt +‎ -able.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /əˈdæptəbəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

adaptable (comparative more adaptable, superlative most adaptable)
* 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.

#### Synonyms

* adaptive

#### Derived terms

* adaptability
* adaptableness
* adaptably
* haloadaptable
* inadaptable
* maladaptable
* nonadaptable
* superadaptable
* unadaptable

#### Related terms

* adapt

#### Translations
### References

* “adaptable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

## Catalan
### Etymology

From adaptar +‎ -able.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.ðəpˈtab.blə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.ðapˈta.ble]

### Adjective

adaptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural adaptables)
* adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
    Antonym: inadaptable

#### Derived terms

* adaptabilitat

### Further reading

* “adaptable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Etymology

From adapter +‎ -able.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.dap.tabl/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

adaptable (plural adaptables)
* adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
    Antonym: inadaptable

#### Derived terms

* adaptabilité

### Further reading

* “adaptable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* adaptábel

### Etymology

From adaptar +‎ -able.

### Adjective

adaptable m or f (plural adaptables)
* adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
    Antonyms: inadaptable, inadaptábel

#### Derived terms

* adabtabilidade

### Further reading

* “adaptable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Scots
### Etymology

adapt +‎ -able

### Adjective

adaptable (comparative mair adaptable, superlative maist adaptable)
* adaptable

### References

* Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From adaptar +‎ -able.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /adabˈtable/ [a.ð̞aβ̞ˈt̪a.β̞le]
* Rhymes: -able
* Syllabification: a‧dap‧ta‧ble

### Adjective

adaptable m or f (masculine and feminine plural adaptables)
* adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)
    Antonym: inadaptable

#### Derived terms

* adaptabilidad

### Further reading

* “adaptable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adaptable.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔadapˈtable/ [ʔɐ.d̪ɐpˈt̪aː.blɛ]
* Rhymes: -able
* Syllabification: a‧dap‧ta‧ble

### Adjective

adaptable (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜉ᜔ᜆᜊ᜔ᜎᜒ)
* adaptable (capable of adapting or of being adapted)
    Synonyms: naiaangkop, naibabagay, naiaakma, naiaayon, naiaayos

#### Related terms

* adaptado
* adaptador
* adaptasyon
* aptitud

### Further reading

* “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