adaptable
/əˈdæptəbəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.12 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Willing or able to adapt to circumstances; flexible.
Example Sentences
- "an adaptable electric plug for international use"
- "She had had to turn out of her own room to accommodate him, but if one kept an apartment-house one had to be adaptable; […]"
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ptós Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Proto-Indo-European [Term?]der. Proto-Italic *apjō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English adaptable From adapt + -able.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈdæptəbəl/
Inflected Forms
more adaptable (comparative)
most adaptable (superlative)