different between adaptable vs germane

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

Etymology 1

Variant form of german, adapted in this sense in allusions to its use in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Alternative forms

• germain (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d???(?)?me?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• (US) IPA^(key): /d???me?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Adjective

germane (comparative more germane, superlative most germane)

1. Related to a topic of discussion or consideration.

   Synonyms: pertinent, relevant, apt, on-topic; see also Thesaurus:pertinent

   • 1924, W. D. Ross., translator, Aristotle, Metaphysics. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001, Book 1, Part 5.

     Yet this much is germane to the present inquiry:

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From germ(anium) +? -ane.

Noun

germane (plural germanes)

1. (inorganic chemistry) germanium tetrahydride, GeH₄
3. (organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any organic derivative of this compound.

Synonyms

• germanium tetrahydride
• germanomethane
• monogermane

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Gameren

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adverb

germane

1. in the German language
2. Germanly; in the manner of a German

Related terms

Italian

Adjective

germane

1. feminine plural of germano

Latin

Etymology 1

germ?nus (“real, sincere”) +? -? (adverb formant)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?er?ma?.ne?/, [??r?mä?ne?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d??er?ma.ne/, [d???r?m??n?]

Adverb

germ?n? (comparative germ?nius, superlative germ?nissim?)

1. sincerely

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?er?ma?.ne/, [??r?mä?n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d??er?ma.ne/, [d???r?m??n?]

Adjective

germ?ne

1. masculine vocative singular of germ?nus

References

• germane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• germane in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• germane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette