different between adaptee vs adapter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French adaptée.

Noun

adaptee (plural adaptees)

1. (software, object-oriented programming) A class that is converted to another class using a so-called adapter class.

Translations

References

English

Alternative forms

• adaptor

Etymology

From adapt +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??dapt?/
• enPR: ?-d?p?t?r
• Hyphenation: adap?ter

Noun

adapter (plural adapters)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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, 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.

   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.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (adaput?)

Translations

Further reading

• adapter on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• re-adapt, readapt

Estonian

Noun

adapter (genitive adapteri, partitive adapterit)

1. adapter (device)

Declension

(nonstandard)

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• dérapât

Latin

Verb

adapter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of adapt?

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adapt?.

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

From English adapter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?dap.t?r/

Noun

adapter m inan

1. (electronics) adapter (device for connecting different appliances or parts)

   Synonyms: przej?ciówka, rozga??ziacz

2. (music) gramophone, phonograph, record player

   Synonym: gramofon

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) adapterowy

Further reading

• adapter in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• adapter in Polish dictionaries at PWN