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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Italic *aptos

Latin aptus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin apiō

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Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin aptō

Latin adaptōder.

Middle English *adapten

English adapt

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From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#ADAPT Category:English terms derived from Middle English#ADAPT *adapten (attested in Middle English adapted (past participle)), from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#ADAPT adaptāre (“to fit to”)Category:Latin links with redundant wikilinks#ADAPT, from ad- (“to”) + aptāre (“to make fit”)Category:Latin links with redundant wikilinks#ADAPT, from aptus (“fit”); see apt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈdæpt/Category:English 2-syllable words#ADAPT Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ADAPT
Audio (US): (file)
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Rhymes: -æpt Category:Rhymes:English/æpt#ADAPT Category:Rhymes:English/æpt/2 syllables#ADAPT

Verb

adapt (third-person singular simple present adapts, present participle adapting, simple past and past participle adapted)Category:English lemmas#ADAPT Category:English verbs#ADAPT Category:English entries with incorrect language header#ADAPT Category:Pages with entries#ADAPT Category:Pages with 2 entries#ADAPT

(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#ADAPT) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
Synonym: proportion
(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#ADAPT) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
to adapt a story for the stageCategory:English terms with collocations#ADAPT

to adapt an old machine to a new manufactureCategory:English terms with collocations#ADAPT
(transitive Category:English transitive verbs#ADAPT) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.
to bring out a play adapted from the FrenchCategory:English terms with collocations#ADAPT

a word of an adapted formCategory:English terms with collocations#ADAPT
(intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#ADAPT) To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.Category:English terms with usage examples#ADAPT

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terms related to adapt (verb)

Translations

to make suitable

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Albanian: adaptCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#ADAPT
Bulgarian: приспособя́вам (bg) (prisposobjávam)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ADAPT, приспособявам се (prisposobjavam se)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ADAPT
Catalan: adaptar (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#ADAPT
Chinese:
Mandarin: 適應 / 适应 (zh) (shìyìng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ADAPT Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ADAPT
Czech: adaptovatCategory:Terms with Czech translations#ADAPT, přizpůsobitCategory:Terms with Czech translations#ADAPT, upravit (cs)Category:Terms with Czech translations#ADAPT
Danish: tilpasse (da)Category:Terms with Danish translations#ADAPT
Dutch: aanpassen (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#ADAPT
Esperanto: adapti (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#ADAPT, akomodi (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#ADAPT
Finnish: sovittaa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ADAPT, mukauttaa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ADAPT, sopeuttaa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ADAPT, soveltaa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ADAPT
French: adapter (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#ADAPT
Gallurese: adattàCategory:Terms with Gallurese translations#ADAPT
German: anpassen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#ADAPT, angleichen (de)Category:Terms with German translations#ADAPT, anwenden (de)Category:Terms with German translations#ADAPT, einrichten (de)Category:Terms with German translations#ADAPT
Haitian Creole: adapteCategory:Terms with Haitian Creole translations#ADAPT
Hungarian: illeszt (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ADAPT, hozzáilleszt (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ADAPT, hozzáigazít (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ADAPT
Interlingua: adaptarCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#ADAPT
Irish: oiriúnaighCategory:Terms with Irish translations#ADAPT
Italian: adattare (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#ADAPT
Japanese: 適応する (ja) (てきおうする, tekiō suru)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ADAPT
Korean: 적응하다 (ko) (jeogeunghada)Category:Terms with Korean translations#ADAPT
Latin: adaptōCategory:Terms with Latin translations#ADAPT
Luxembourgish: adaptéierenCategory:Terms with Luxembourgish translations#ADAPT
Māori: urutauCategory:Terms with Māori translations#ADAPT, whakaarotauCategory:Terms with Māori translations#ADAPT
Mongolian: тааруулах (taaruulax)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#ADAPT
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tilpasseCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#ADAPT, anpasseCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#ADAPT
Polish: adaptować (pl) impf or pfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ADAPT, zaadaptować pfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ADAPT
Portuguese: adaptar (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#ADAPT
Romanian: adapta (ro)Category:Terms with Romanian translations#ADAPT
Russian: приспоса́бливать (ru) impf (prisposáblivatʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ADAPT, приспосо́бить (ru) pf (prisposóbitʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ADAPT; подгоня́ть (ru) impf (podgonjátʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ADAPT, подогна́ть (ru) pf (podognátʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ADAPT, адапти́ровать (ru) (adaptírovatʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ADAPT
Sardinian:
Campidanese: aggalaiCategory:Terms with Sardinian translations#ADAPT
Sassarese: adattàCategory:Terms with Sassarese translations#ADAPT
Slovak: prispôsobiťCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#ADAPT
Spanish: adaptar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#ADAPT, ajustar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#ADAPT
Swedish: anpassa (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#ADAPT
Tagalog: iangkopCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#ADAPT
Turkish: uydurmak (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#ADAPT, adapte etmek (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#ADAPT
Ukrainian: пристосо́вувати impf (prystosóvuvaty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#ADAPT, пристосува́ти pf (prystosuváty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#ADAPT, адаптува́ти (uk) impf or pf (adaptuváty)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#ADAPT
Welsh: addasu (cy)Category:Terms with Welsh translations#ADAPT

to fit by alteration

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to make by altering

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Bulgarian: преработвам (bg) (prerabotvam)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ADAPT
Catalan: adaptar (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#ADAPT
Chinese:
Mandarin: 改編 / 改编 (zh) (gǎibiān)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ADAPT Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ADAPT, 改寫 / 改写 (zh) (gǎixiě)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ADAPT Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ADAPT
Czech: adaptovatCategory:Terms with Czech translations#ADAPT
Dutch: bewerken (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#ADAPT
Finnish: mukauttaa (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ADAPT
French: adapter (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#ADAPT
German: herrichten (de)Category:Terms with German translations#ADAPT, rezipieren (de)Category:Terms with German translations#ADAPT, nachempfinden (de)Category:Terms with German translations#ADAPT, nachgestaltenCategory:Terms with German translations#ADAPT
Hungarian: átültet (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ADAPT, adaptál (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ADAPT
Interlingua: adaptarCategory:Terms with Interlingua translations#ADAPT
Italian: adattare (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#ADAPT
Portuguese: adaptar (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#ADAPT
Slovak: prerobiťCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#ADAPT
Spanish: adaptar (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#ADAPT
Turkish: uyarlamak (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#ADAPT

to make oneself comfortable to a new thing

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Arabic: يتكيف معCategory:Terms with Arabic translations#ADAPT
Armenian: հարմարվել (hy) (harmarvel)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#ADAPT
Basque: egokituCategory:Terms with Basque translations#ADAPT, adaptatuCategory:Terms with Basque translations#ADAPT
Catalan: adaptar-se (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#ADAPT
Chinese:
Cantonese: 適應 / 适应 (sik¹ jing³)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#ADAPT Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#ADAPT

Mandarin: 適應 / 适应 (zh) (shìyìng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ADAPT Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ADAPT
Czech: přizpůsobit seCategory:Terms with Czech translations#ADAPT
Esperanto: adaptiĝiCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ADAPT, akomodiĝiCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ADAPT
Finnish: sopeutua (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ADAPT
French: s'adapter (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#ADAPT
Georgian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Georgian#ADAPT
German: assimilieren (de)Category:Terms with German translations#ADAPT, akkommodieren (de)Category:Terms with German translations#ADAPT
Alemannic German: aapasseCategory:Terms with Alemannic German translations#ADAPT
Hungarian: alkalmazkodik (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#ADAPT
Italian: adattarsi (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#ADAPT
Khmer: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Khmer#ADAPT
Mongolian: аяыг дагах (ajayg dagax)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#ADAPT, дасах (mn) (dasax)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#ADAPT, зохицох (mn) (zoxicox)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#ADAPT
Polish: adaptować się impf or pfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ADAPT, zaadaptować się pfCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ADAPT
Portuguese: adaptar-se aCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ADAPT
Russian: приспоса́бливаться (ru) impf (prisposáblivatʹsja)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ADAPT, приспосо́биться (ru) pf (prisposóbitʹsja)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ADAPT, адапти́роваться (ru) (adaptírovatʹsja)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ADAPT
Slovak: priviknúťCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#ADAPT
Spanish: adaptarse (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#ADAPT, circunscribirse (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#ADAPT, ceñirse (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#ADAPT
Tagalog: umangkopCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#ADAPT
Thai: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Thai#ADAPT
Vietnamese: thích nghi (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#ADAPT

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} alaranĝiCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ADAPT Category:Requests for review of Esperanto translations#ADAPT
French: ^{(please verify)} adapter (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#ADAPT Category:Requests for review of French translations#ADAPT
Ido: ^{(please verify)} adaptar (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#ADAPT Category:Requests for review of Ido translations#ADAPT
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 익숙해지다 (ko) (iksukhaejida)Category:Terms with Korean translations#ADAPT Category:Requests for review of Korean translations#ADAPT
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} tilpasseCategory:Terms with Norwegian translations#ADAPT Category:Requests for review of Norwegian translations#ADAPT
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} prilagoditiCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#ADAPT Category:Requests for review of Slovene translations#ADAPT (1), ^{(please verify)} prireditiCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#ADAPT Category:Requests for review of Slovene translations#ADAPT (2)
Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} אַדאַפּטירן (adaptirn)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#ADAPT Category:Requests for review of Yiddish translations#ADAPT

Adjective

adapt (comparative more adapt, superlative most adapt)Category:English lemmas#ADAPT Category:English adjectives#ADAPT Category:English entries with incorrect language header#ADAPT Category:Pages with entries#ADAPT Category:Pages with 2 entries#ADAPT

Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.
- c. 1709, Merlin's Prophecy, Jonathan Swift:
  This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully adapt.
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Translations

adapted (adjective)

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Albanian: adaptCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#ADAPT
Bulgarian: подходящ (bg) (podhodjašt)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#ADAPT
Chinese:
Mandarin: 適應 / 适应 (zh) (shìyìng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ADAPT Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ADAPT
Esperanto: adaptitaCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#ADAPT
Finnish: sopiva (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ADAPT
French: adapté (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#ADAPT
German: adaptiert (de)Category:Terms with German translations#ADAPT
Italian: adattato (it)Category:Terms with Italian translations#ADAPT
Japanese: 適合した (ja) (tekigō shita)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ADAPT
Portuguese: adaptado (pt)Category:Terms with Portuguese translations#ADAPT
Romanian: adaptat (ro) mCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#ADAPT
Russian: адапти́рованный (ru) (adaptírovannyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ADAPT
Spanish: adaptado (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#ADAPT
Swedish: anpassad (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#ADAPT
Turkish: uygun (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#ADAPT, adapte (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#ADAPT

References

William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “adapt”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

APDTA

Scots

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈdap(t)/Category:Scots terms with IPA pronunciation#ADAPT

Verb

adapt (third-person singular simple present adapts, present participle adaptin, simple past and past participle adaptit)Category:Scots lemmas#ADAPT Category:Scots verbs#ADAPT Category:Scots entries with incorrect language header#ADAPT Category:Pages with entries#ADAPT Category:Pages with 2 entries#ADAPT

to adapt

References

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

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