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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]adapter (plural adapters)
- One who is capable of adapting 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[2]:
- 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 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 adapter: 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 adapter so I couldn't recharge it.
- (machine learning, artificial intelligence) A collection of low-rank matrices which, when added to a base model, produces a fine-tuned model; a LoRA.
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- adaptability
- adaptable
- adaptableness
- adaptably
- adaptation
- adaptational
- adaptative
- adaptatively
- adaptativeness
- adaptedness
- adaptee
- adapter pattern
- adaption
- adaptional
- adaptitude
- adaptive
- adaptively
- adaptiveness
- adaptly
- adaptness
- adaptorial
- class adapter pattern
- double adapter
- expansion adapter
- graphics adapter
- microadapter
- object adapter pattern
- seroadapter
- travel adapter
- USB adapter
- wireless adapter
Descendants
[edit]- → Japanese: アダプター (adaputā)
Translations
[edit]one who adapts something
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device to allow compatibility (in general)
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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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device that converts AC to DC for battery-powered gadgets
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- 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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References
[edit]- Category:adapters on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
[edit]Chinese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: aa6 dep1 taa2
- Cantonese Pinyin: aa6 dep7 taa2
- Guangdong Romanization: a6 déb1 ta2
- Sinological IPA (key): /aː²² tɛːp̚⁵ tʰaː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
[edit]adapter
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) adapter (device between connectors with different formats)
Synonyms
[edit]Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]adapter (genitive adapteri, partitive adapterit)
- (electronics) adapter (a device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible)
Declension
[edit]Declension of adapter (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | adapter | adapterid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | adapteri | ||
genitive | adapterite | ||
partitive | adapterit | adaptereid | |
illative | adapterisse | adapteritesse adaptereisse | |
inessive | adapteris | adapterites adaptereis | |
elative | adapterist | adapteritest adaptereist | |
allative | adapterile | adapteritele adaptereile | |
adessive | adapteril | adapteritel adaptereil | |
ablative | adapterilt | adapteritelt adaptereilt | |
translative | adapteriks | adapteriteks adaptereiks | |
terminative | adapterini | adapteriteni | |
essive | adapterina | adapteritena | |
abessive | adapterita | adapteriteta | |
comitative | adapteriga | adapteritega |
Compounds
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nouns
verbs
References
[edit]- adapter in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “adapter”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin adaptare, from ad + aptare (“to fit”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]adapter
- (transitive) to adapt
- (reflexive, s'adapter) to adapt oneself or itself
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of adapter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | adapter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | adaptant /a.dap.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | adapté /a.dap.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(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/ | |
past historic2 | adaptai /a.dap.te/ |
adaptas /a.dap.ta/ |
adapta /a.dap.ta/ |
adaptâmes /a.dap.tam/ |
adaptâtes /a.dap.tat/ |
adaptèrent /a.dap.tɛʁ/ | |
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/ | |
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/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | adapte /a.dapt/ |
adaptes /a.dapt/ |
adapte /a.dapt/ |
adaptions /a.dap.tjɔ̃/ |
adaptiez /a.dap.tje/ |
adaptent /a.dapt/ |
imperfect2 | 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/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | adapte /a.dapt/ |
— | adaptons /a.dap.tɔ̃/ |
adaptez /a.dap.te/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Romanian: adapta
Further reading
[edit]- “adapter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]adapter
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]adapter
- to adapt
Conjugation
[edit]- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of adapter
infinitive | simple | adapter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | adaptant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | adapté | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | 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 | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | adapte | — | adaptons | adaptez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
References
[edit]- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (adapter, supplement)
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English adapter.[1][2][3] First attested in 1903.[4]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]adapter m inan (diminutive adapterek)
- (electronics) adapter (a device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible)
- Synonyms: przejściówka, rozgałęziacz
- adapter sieciowy/sieci ― a network adapter
- adapter USB ― a USB adapter
- (music) gramophone, phonograph, record player
- Synonym: gramofon
- stary adapter ― an old gramophone
- głośnik adapteru ― a gramophone speaker
- igła adapteru ― a gramophone needle
- ramię adapteru ― a gramophone arm
- nastawić adapter ― to pop a gramophone on
- uruchomić adapter ― to start a gramophone
- włączyć adapter ― to turn on a gramophone
- wyłączyć adapter ― to turn off gramophone
- podłączyć adapter ― to hook up a gramophone
- ściszyć adapter ― to turn down a gramophone
- podgłośnić adapter ― to turn up a gramophone
Declension
[edit]Declension of adapter
singular | plural | |
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nominative | adapter | adaptery |
genitive | adaptera/adapteru | adapterów |
dative | adapterowi | adapterom |
accusative | adapter | adaptery |
instrumental | adapterem | adapterami |
locative | adapterze | adapterach |
vocative | adapterze | adaptery |
Derived terms
[edit]adjective
Related terms
[edit]adjectives
adverbs
nouns
verbs
- adaptować impf, zaadaptować pf
References
[edit]- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “adapter”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “adapter”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “adapter”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ Józef Świtkowski (1903) Fotografia praktyczna w zarysie do użytku amatorów[1], page 39
Further reading
[edit]- adapter in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- adapter in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]adapter c
- an adapter (device)
Declension
[edit]Declension of adapter
References
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