different between apt vs opportune

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /æpt/
• Rhymes: -æpt

Etymology 1

From Old French apte, from Latin aptus, from obsolete apere (“to fasten, to join, to fit”), akin to apisci (“to reach, attain”); compare with Greek ?????? (?ptein, “to fasten”) and Sanskrit ???? (?pta, “fit”), from ??? (?p, “to reach, attain”).

Adjective

apt (comparative apter or more apt, superlative aptest or most apt)

1. Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.

   Synonyms: appropriate, meet, suitable; see also Thesaurus:pertinent, Thesaurus:suitable

   • a river […] apt to be forded by a lamb
2. (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.

   Synonyms: disposed, inclined, liable, predisposed, tending towards; see also Thesaurus:inclined

   • 1874, John Lubbock, Scientific Lectures / On Plants and Insects

     This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of its leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.

   • 1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books

     that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers

3. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.

   Synonyms: fit, prompt, expert, qualified, ready; see also Thesaurus:skilled

Derived terms

• aptly
• aptness

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of apartment.

Noun

apt (plural apts)

1. An apartment; a flat.
   • 2010, David Dondero, Just a Baby in Your Momma's Eyes

     Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise.
     Which at a lowly income none of us could ever really quite afford.

Anagrams

• ATP, PAT, PTA, Pat, TAP, TPA, pat, tap

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• apa, apet

Verb

apt

1. past participle of ape

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin aptus, likely through English apt.

Adjective

apt (indefinite singular apt, definite singular and plural apte, comparative aptare, indefinite superlative aptast, definite superlative aptaste)

1. apt

Romanian

Etymology

From French apte, from Latin aptus.

Adjective

apt m or n (feminine singular apt?, masculine plural ap?i, feminine and neuter plural apte)

1. apt

Declension

English

Etymology

From Old French opportun, from Latin opportunus.

Adjective

opportune (comparative more opportune, superlative most opportune)

1. Suitable for some particular purpose.

2. At a convenient or advantageous time.

Synonyms

• (suitable): appropriate, proper; see also Thesaurus:suitable
• (convenient time): seasonable, timesome; see also Thesaurus:timely

Antonyms

• (all): inopportune
• (suitable): inappropriate, improper; see also Thesaurus:unsuitable
• (convenient time): unseasonable, untime; see also Thesaurus:untimely

Related terms

• opportunity
• opportuneness

Translations

Danish

Adjective

opportune

1. definite of opportun
2. plural of opportun

French

Adjective

opportune

1. feminine singular of opportun

Italian

Adjective

opportune

1. feminine plural of opportuno

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

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

1. favourably; seasonably; opportunely

Etymology 2

Adjective

opport?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of opport?nus

References

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