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Webster 1913 Edition
Adapter
A-dapt′er
,Noun.
1.
One who adapts.
2.
(Chem.)
A connecting tube; an adopter.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adapter
ADAPT'ER.
See adopter.Definition 2024
Adapter
Adapter
adapter
adapter
English
Alternative forms
Noun
adapter (plural adapters)
- One who is capable of adapting well to differing situations.
- He was an able adapter, and could easily adjust to the differences when the company changed ownership.
- One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
- The critic gave rave reviews to the adapter of the ancient play, who worked to give the text more relevance to the modern day.
- A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
- He had an adapter that let him plug his phone into the car's cigarette lighter for power.
- 2014 April 24, Alan Cowell, “At Pistorius trial, Twitterati have their day in court”, in The New York Times:
- Sitting in the courtroom ..., their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times – the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.
- Specifically, a device that permits two, three, or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
- The wall outlet sprouted an electrical monstrosity of adapters plugged into adapters that sparked ominously.
- Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
- We bought adapters to use our three-prong plugs in the two-prong, unpolarized outlets of the old house.
- Specifically, an AC-adaptor: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
- I lost my cellphone's adaptor so I couldn't recharge it.
Hyponyms
Hyponyms of adapter
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Derived terms
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Translations
one who adapts something
device to allow compatibility
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device allowing more plugs at an outlet
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device allowing plug to fit in an outlet of different type
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External links
- adapter on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Latin adaptare, from ad + aptare (“to fit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.dap.te/
Verb
adapter
Conjugation
Conjugation of adapter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | adapter | avoir adapté | |||||
gerund | en adaptant | en ayant adapté | |||||
present participle | adaptant /a.dap.tɑ̃/ |
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past participle | adapté /a.dap.te/ |
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person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
simple tenses |
present | adapte /a.dapt/ |
adaptes /a.dapt/ |
adapte /a.dapt/ |
adaptons /a.dap.tɔ̃/ |
adaptez /a.dap.te/ |
adaptent /a.dapt/ |
imperfect | adaptais /a.dap.tɛ/ |
adaptais /a.dap.tɛ/ |
adaptait /a.dap.tɛ/ |
adaptions /a.dap.tjɔ̃/ |
adaptiez /a.dap.tje/ |
adaptaient /a.dap.tɛ/ |
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past historic1 | adaptai /a.dap.te/ |
adaptas /a.dap.ta/ |
adapta /a.dap.ta/ |
adaptâmes /a.dap.tam/ |
adaptâtes /a.dap.tat/ |
adaptèrent /a.dap.tɛʁ/ |
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future | adapterai /a.dap.tə.ʁe/ |
adapteras /a.dap.tə.ʁa/ |
adaptera /a.dap.tə.ʁa/ |
adapterons /a.dap.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
adapterez /a.dap.tə.ʁe/ |
adapteront /a.dap.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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conditional | adapterais /a.dap.tə.ʁɛ/ |
adapterais /a.dap.tə.ʁɛ/ |
adapterait /a.dap.tə.ʁɛ/ |
adapterions /a.dap.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
adapteriez /a.dap.tə.ʁje/ |
adapteraient /a.dap.tə.ʁɛ/ |
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compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
simple tenses |
present | adapte /a.dapt/ |
adaptes /a.dapt/ |
adapte /a.dapt/ |
adaptions /a.dap.tjɔ̃/ |
adaptiez /a.dap.tje/ |
adaptent /a.dapt/ |
imperfect1 |
adaptasse /a.dap.tas/ |
adaptasses /a.dap.tas/ |
adaptât /a.dap.ta/ |
adaptassions /a.dap.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
adaptassiez /a.dap.ta.sje/ |
adaptassent /a.dap.tas/ |
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compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
— | adapte /a.dapt/ |
— | adaptons /a.dap.tɔ̃/ |
adaptez /a.dap.te/ |
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Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
adapter
- to adapt
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of adapter
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | adapter | avoir adapté | |||||
gerund | en adaptant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | adaptant | ||||||
past participle | adapté | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
simple tenses |
present | adapte | adaptes | adapte | adaptons | adaptez | adaptent |
imperfect | adaptois, adaptoys | adaptois, adaptoys | adaptoit, adaptoyt | adaptions, adaptyons | adaptiez, adaptyez | adaptoient, adaptoyent | |
past historic | adapta | adaptas | adapta | adaptasmes | adaptastes | adapterent | |
future | adapterai, adapteray | adapteras | adaptera | adapterons | adapterez | adapteront | |
conditional | adapterois, adapteroys | adapterois, adapteroys | adapteroit, adapteroyt | adapterions, adapteryons | adapteriez, adapteryez | adapteroient, adapteroyent | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
simple tenses |
present | adapte | adaptes | adapte | adaptons | adaptez | adaptent |
imperfect | adaptasse | adaptasses | adaptast | adaptassions | adaptassiez | adaptassent | |
compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
— | adapte | — | adaptons | adaptez | — |
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (adapter, supplement)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈdap.tɛr/
Noun
adapter m inan
- gramophone
- adapter (device for connecting different appliances or parts)