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adroit
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French adroit, from French à (“on the; to”) (from Old French a (“to; towards”), from Latin ad (“to; towards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“at; near”)) + French droit (“right”) (from Old French droit, dreit, from Vulgar Latin *dr?ctus, syncopated form of Latin d?rectus (“laid straight; direct, straight; level; upright”), perfective passive participle of d?rig? (“to lay straight”), from dis- (“apart, in two”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice; in two”)) + reg? (“to govern, rule; to guide, steer”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?ré?eti (“to be straightening, setting upright”))).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /??d???t/
- Rhymes: -??t
Adjective
adroit (comparative adroiter or more adroit, superlative adroitest or most adroit)
- Deft, dexterous, or skillful.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:skillful
Antonyms
- clumsy
- maladroit
Derived terms
- adroitness
- adroitly
- maladroit
Translations
Anagrams
- Tirado
French
Etymology
à + droit. Doublet of adret.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.d?wa/
Adjective
adroit (feminine singular adroite, masculine plural adroits, feminine plural adroites)
- skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)
Descendants
- ? English: adroit
- ? German: adrett
- ? Danish: adræt
Further reading
- “adroit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- dorait, rodait, rôdait
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versatile
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)
- Capable of doing many things competently.
- Having varied uses or many functions.
- Changeable or inconstant.
- (biology) Capable of moving freely in all directions.
- (BDSM) Being a switch; capable of taking either a dominant or a submissive role.
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- (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)
- versatile; easily changeable
- 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)
- versatile
- all-round, all around, multiskilled
Derived terms
- versatilità
Anagrams
- laveresti, rilevaste, rivaleste, rivelaste, servitela, versateli
Latin
Adjective
vers?tile
- nominative neuter singular of vers?tilis
- accusative neuter singular of vers?tilis
- vocative neuter singular of vers?tilis
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /versa?tile/
Adjective
versatile f pl or n pl
- nominative feminine plural of versatil
- accusative feminine plural of versatil
- nominative neuter plural of versatil
- accusative neuter plural of versatil
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