"adopter" meaning in English

See adopter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /əˈdɒp.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈdɑp.tɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-adopter.wav Forms: adopters [plural]
Etymology: From adopt + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|adopt|er|id2=agent noun}} adopt + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} adopter (plural adopters)
  1. one who adopts Derived forms: early adopter, nonadopter Translations (one who adopts): 采纳者 (Chinese Mandarin), მშვილობელი (mšvilobeli) (Georgian), შვილად ამყვანი (švilad amq̇vani) (Georgian), მამობილი (mamobili) (Georgian), დედობილი (dedobili) (Georgian), adottatore [masculine] (Italian), پذیرنده (pazirande) (Persian), پذیرفتار (paziroftâr) (Persian), اتخاذگر (etexâzgar) (Persian), adotante [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), adoptante (Spanish), adoptador [masculine] (Spanish), adoptant [common-gender] (Swedish), ผู้รับบุตรบุญธรรม (pûu-ráp-bùt-bun-tam) (Thai)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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