adaptation

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/
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• General-American: /ˌæd.æpˈteɪ.ʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: AE2 D AH0 P T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation From French adaptation, from Medieval Latin adaptātiō, from Latin adaptō (“to fit, adjust, modify; to adapt, fit or adjust to”); see adapt. Equivalent to adapt + -ation.

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: հարմարեցում (harmarecʻum) — process of adapting
• Armenian: ադապտացիա (adaptacʻia) — process of adapting
• Bulgarian: приспособяване (prisposobjavane) — process of adapting
• Bulgarian: пригаждане (prigaždane) — process of adapting
• Bulgarian: адаптация (adaptacija) — process of adapting
• Catalan: adaptació — process of adapting
• Esperanto: adaptado — process of adapting
• Finnish: sopeutuminen — process of adapting
• Finnish: sopeuttaminen — process of adapting
• Finnish: muutos — process of adapting
• French: adaptation — process of adapting
• Galician: adaptación — process of adapting
• German: Anpassung — process of adapting
• Greek: προσαρμογή (prosarmogí) — process of adapting
• Gujarati: અનુકૂલન (anukūlan) — process of adapting
• Indonesian: adaptasi — process of adapting
• Kazakh: бейімдеу (beiımdeu) — process of adapting
• Korean: 적응 (jeogeung) — process of adapting
• Latin: accommodātiō — process of adapting
• Māori: urutaunga — process of adapting
• Persian: سازش (sâzeš) — process of adapting
• Persian: سازگاری (sâzgâri) — process of adapting
• Polish: adaptacja — process of adapting
• Polish: przystosowanie — process of adapting
• Spanish: adaptación — process of adapting
• Armenian: հարմարեցում (harmarecʻum) — change that is made or undergone
• Bulgarian: адапта́ция (adaptácija) — change that is made or undergone
• Catalan: adaptació — change that is made or undergone
• Esperanto: adapto — change that is made or undergone
• Finnish: muutos — change that is made or undergone
• Galician: adaptación — change that is made or undergone
• German: Kompromiss — change that is made or undergone
• German: Anpassung — change that is made or undergone
• Greek: προσαρμογή (prosarmogí) — change that is made or undergone
• Indonesian: adaptasi — change that is made or undergone
• Māori: urutaunga — change that is made or undergone
• Polish: adaptacja — change that is made or undergone
• Spanish: adaptación — change that is made or undergone
• Bulgarian: адапта́ция (adaptácija) — evolutionary theory: process of change
• Catalan: adaptació — evolutionary theory: process of change
• Finnish: sopeutuminen — evolutionary theory: process of change
• Galician: adaptación — evolutionary theory: process of change
• German: Ad­ap­ta­ti­on — evolutionary theory: process of change
• Gujarati: અનુકૂલન (anukūlan) — evolutionary theory: process of change
• Hungarian: adaptáció — evolutionary theory: process of change
• Indonesian: adaptasi — evolutionary theory: process of change
• Korean: 적응 (jeogeung) — evolutionary theory: process of change
• Māori: urutautanga — evolutionary theory: process of change
• Persian: سازگاری (sâzgâri) — evolutionary theory: process of change
• Polish: adaptacja — evolutionary theory: process of change
• Spanish: adaptación — evolutionary theory: process of change
• Bulgarian: адапта́ция (adaptácija) — evolutionary theory: instance of change
• Catalan: adaptació — evolutionary theory: instance of change
• Finnish: sopeutuminen — evolutionary theory: instance of change
• Galician: adaptación — evolutionary theory: instance of change
• Gujarati: અનુકૂલન (anukūlan) — evolutionary theory: instance of change
• Indonesian: adaptasi — evolutionary theory: instance of change
• Māori: urutautanga — evolutionary theory: instance of change
• Persian: سازگاری (sâzgâri) — evolutionary theory: instance of change
• Polish: adaptacja — evolutionary theory: instance of change
• Spanish: adaptación — evolutionary theory: instance of change
• Armenian: վերամշակում (veramšakum) — process of adapting an artistic work
• Bulgarian: адапта́ция (adaptácija) — process of adapting an artistic work
• Catalan: adaptació — process of adapting an artistic work
• Esperanto: adaptado — process of adapting an artistic work
• Finnish: sovittaminen — process of adapting an artistic work
• French: adaptation — process of adapting an artistic work
• Galician: adaptación — process of adapting an artistic work
• German: Bearbeitung — process of adapting an artistic work
• German: Ad­ap­tie­rung — process of adapting an artistic work
• Indonesian: pengalihwahanaan — process of adapting an artistic work
• Polish: adaptacja — process of adapting an artistic work
• Spanish: adaptación — process of adapting an artistic work
• Armenian: վերամշակում (veramšakum) — artistic work that has been adapted
• Bulgarian: адапта́ция (adaptácija) — artistic work that has been adapted
• Catalan: adaptació — artistic work that has been adapted
• Esperanto: adaptaĵo — artistic work that has been adapted
• Finnish: sovitus — artistic work that has been adapted
• French: adaptation — artistic work that has been adapted
• Galician: adaptación — artistic work that has been adapted
• German: Ad­ap­ti­on — artistic work that has been adapted
• German: Ad­ap­tie­rung — artistic work that has been adapted
• Polish: adaptacja — artistic work that has been adapted
• Spanish: adaptación — artistic work that has been adapted