different between adept vs versatile

English

Etymology

From French adepte, from Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”), the past participle of adipisci (“to attain”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US, adjective) IPA^(key): /??d?pt/, /?æd.?pt/
• (UK, US, noun) IPA^(key): /?æd.?pt/, /æd??pt/
• Rhymes: -?pt

Adjective

adept (comparative more adept or adepter, superlative most adept or adeptest)

1. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
   • 1837-1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

     Adept as she was, in all the arts of cunning and dissimulation, the girl Nancy could not wholly conceal the effect which the knowledge of the step she had taken, wrought upon her mind.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:skillful

Antonyms

• inept

Translations

Noun

adept (plural adepts)

1. One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient

   adepts in philosophy

   • 1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge:

     When he had achieved this task, he applied himself to the acquisition of stable language, in which he soon became such an adept, that he would perch outside my window and drive imaginary horses with great skill, all day.

   • 1894-95, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure:

     Others, alas, had an instinct towards artificiality in their very blood, and became adepts in counterfeiting at the first glimpse of it.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:skilled person

Translations

Related terms

• apt
• aptitude

References

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

Anagrams

• pated, taped

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d?pt/
• Rhymes: -?pt

Noun

adept m (definite singular adepten, indefinite plural adepter, definite plural adeptene)

1. an adept (person)

References

• “adept” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “adept” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”). The adjective is of the same origin, though likely through English adept.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d?pt/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

adept m (definite singular adepten, indefinite plural adeptar, definite plural adeptane)

1. an adept, skillful person
2. an inductee to an order, a secret society or a science
3. (historical) an alchemist
4. a very knowledgeable person
5. (by extension, derogatory) a know-it-all, a self-declared expert
6. a student of a craft

Adjective

adept (indefinite singular adept, definite singular and plural adepte)

1. adept (very skilled)

References

• “adept” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French adepte, from Latin adeptus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.d?pt/

Noun

adept m pers (feminine adeptka)

1. trainee
2. novice

Declension

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French adepte

Noun

adept m (plural adep?i)

1. follower
2. disciple

Declension

Swedish

Noun

adept c

1. a pupil, a student, an apprentice, a disciple

Declension

Synonyms

• lärjunge

Anagrams

• petad

English

Etymology

From Latin vers?tilis (“turning easily”), from vers?tus, past participle of vers? (“I turn, change”), frequentative of vert? (“I turn”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?v?s?tl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??s?ta?l/, [?v??s?ta??]

Adjective

versatile (comparative more versatile, superlative most versatile)

1. Capable of doing many things competently.
2. Having varied uses or many functions.
3. Changeable or inconstant.
4. (biology) Capable of moving freely in all directions.
5. (BDSM) Being a switch; capable of taking either a dominant or a submissive role.
   • 2004, "queenchaser1158", Horny Versatile TV/TS Wanted in Phoenix (on newsgroup alt.personals.gay)
6. (gay slang) Capable of taking either a penetrative (top) or receptive (bottom) role in anal sex.

Derived terms

• versatility

Translations

Further reading

• versatile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• versatile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• versatile at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• levirates, relatives

French

Etymology

From Latin vers?tilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??.sa.til/

Adjective

versatile (plural versatiles)

1. versatile; easily changeable
2. indecisive

Derived terms

• versatilité

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin versatilis, from versare (“to turn, to twist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ver?sa.ti.le/

Adjective

versatile (plural versatili)

1. versatile
2. all-round, all around, multiskilled

Derived terms

• versatilità

Anagrams

• laveresti, rilevaste, rivaleste, rivelaste, servitela, versateli

Latin

Adjective

vers?tile

1. nominative neuter singular of vers?tilis
2. accusative neuter singular of vers?tilis
3. vocative neuter singular of vers?tilis

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /versa?tile/

Adjective

versatile f pl or n pl

1. nominative feminine plural of versatil
2. accusative feminine plural of versatil
3. nominative neuter plural of versatil
4. accusative neuter plural of versatil