adapter

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English

Alternative forms

• adaptor

Etymology

From adapt +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-dăpʹtər
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈdæptə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /əˈdæptəɹ/
• Hyphenation: adap‧ter
• Rhymes: -æptə(ɹ)

Noun

adapter (plural adapters)

1. One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.

2. One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.

4. 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.

   1. 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.

   2. 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.

   3. 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.

6. (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

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Japanese: アダプター (adaputā)

Translations

References

• Category:adapters on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• re-adapt, readapt

Chinese

Etymology

From English adapter.

Pronunciation

Noun

adapter

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) adapter (device between connectors with different formats)

Synonyms

• 轉插器／转插器, 轉插／转插

Estonian

Etymology

From English adapter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈd̥ɑpter/, [ɑˈd̥ɑpˑter]
• Rhymes: -ɑpter
• Hyphenation: adap‧ter

Noun

adapter (genitive adapteri, partitive adapterit)

1. (electronics) adapter (a device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible)

Declension

Compounds

Related terms

References

• 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

Etymology

From Latin adaptare, from ad + aptare (“to fit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dap.te/

Verb

adapter

1. (transitive) to adapt
2. (reflexive, s'adapter) to adapt oneself or itself

Conjugation

Derived terms

• adaptable
• adapteur
• sport adapté

Descendants

• → Romanian: adapta

Further reading

• “adapter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• dérapât

Indonesian

Etymology

From English adapter.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /aˈdaptər/ [aˈdap.t̪ər]
• Syllabification: a‧dap‧ter

Noun

adaptêr (plural adapter-adapter)

1. Alternative form of adaptor

Latin

Verb

adapter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of adaptō

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adaptō.

Verb

adapter

1. to adapt

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (adapter, supplement)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English adapter. First attested in 1903.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdap.tɛr/
• Rhymes: -aptɛr
• Syllabification: a‧dap‧ter

Noun

adapter m inan (diminutive adapterek)

1. (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

2. (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

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

• adapter in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• adapter in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

adapter c

1. an adapter (device)

Declension

References

• adapter in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• adapter in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)