"adaptable" meaning in English

See adaptable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈdæptəbəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-adaptable.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-adaptable.wav Forms: more adaptable [comparative], most adaptable [superlative]
Etymology: From adapt + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|adapt|able}} adapt + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} adaptable (comparative more adaptable, superlative most adaptable)
  1. Capable of adapting or of being adapted. Synonyms: adaptive Derived forms: adaptability, adaptableness, adaptably, haloadaptable, inadaptable, maladaptable, nonadaptable, superadaptable, unadaptable Related terms: adapt Translations (capable of adapting or of being adapted): adautable (Asturian), приспособим (prisposobim) (Bulgarian), adaptable (Catalan), přizpůsobivý (Czech), aanpasbaar (Dutch), akomodiĝema (Esperanto), kohandatav (Estonian), sopeutuva (Finnish), mukautuva (Finnish), adaptable (French), adaptable (Galician), adaptábel (Galician), anpassungsfähig (German), ευπροσάρμοστος (efprosármostos) (Greek), adattabile (Italian), so-lhoobagh (Manx), adaptabel (Papiamentu), giętki (Polish), adaptowalny (Polish), adaptável (Portuguese), adaptabil (Romanian), приспособля́емый (prisposobljájemyj) (Russian), приспоса́бливаемый (prisposáblivajemyj) (Russian), адапти́руемый (adaptírujemyj) (Russian), adaptable (Spanish), amoldable (Spanish), anpassningsbar (Swedish), uyumlu (Turkish)
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