different between adaptable vs floating

English

Etymology

adapt +? -able

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??dæpt?b?l/

Adjective

adaptable (comparative more adaptable, superlative most adaptable)

1. Capable of adapting or of being adapted.

   Antonyms: unadaptable, inadaptable

Synonyms

• adaptive

Derived terms

• adaptability
• adaptableness
• adaptably
• inadaptable
• maladaptable
• unadaptable

Related terms

• adapt

Translations

References

• adaptable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Catalan

Etymology

adaptar +? -able

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?.d?p?ta.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.dap?ta.ble/

Adjective

adaptable (masculine and feminine plural adaptables)

1. adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)

   Antonym: inadaptable

Derived terms

• adaptabilitat

Further reading

• “adaptable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From adapter +? -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dap.tabl/

Adjective

adaptable (plural adaptables)

1. adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)

   Antonym: inadaptable

Derived terms

• adaptabilité

Further reading

• “adaptable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• adaptábel

Etymology

From adaptar +? -able.

Adjective

adaptable m or f (plural adaptables)

1. adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)

   Antonyms: inadaptable, inadaptábel

Derived terms

• adabtabilidade

Further reading

• “adaptable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Scots

Etymology

adapt +? -able

Adjective

adaptable (comparative mair adaptable, superlative maist adaptable)

1. adaptable

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

From adaptar +? -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adab?table/, [a.ð?a???t?a.??le]

Adjective

adaptable (plural adaptables)

1. adaptable (capable of adapting or being adapted)

   Antonym: inadaptable

Derived terms

• adaptabilidad

Further reading

• “adaptable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?flo?t??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fl??t??/
• Rhymes: -??t??

Adjective

floating (not comparable)

1. That floats or float.

   floating buoys

2. Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.

   The outcome of the forthcoming election is still unclear due to the large number of floating voters.

   In China, the large floating population has tended to gravitate to cities.

   You can drag the floating toolbars to any position on the screen.

3. (linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

floating

1. present participle of float

Noun

floating (plural floatings)

1. The motion of something that floats.
2. (in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
   • 1898, Journal of Microscopy (page 256)

     Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings.

3. The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.

Anagrams

• antigolf