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adaptatif

French, adjective/a.dap.ta.tif/

adaptatif is spelled A-D-A-P-T-A-T-I-F (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,824th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adaptatif is a French adjective meaning “adaptative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui s’adapte facilement, capable d’évoluer, de s’adapter ou de se modifier en conséquence”.

What does adaptatif mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    adaptative

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui s’adapte facilement, capable d’évoluer, de s’adapter ou de se modifier en conséquence. 2. Qui produit ou facilite une adaptation. Se dit d’un caractère morphologique, anatomique ou physiologique permettant à un organisme de s’adapter à des conditions de vie déterminées. Se dit de tout ce qui contribue à l’adaptation d’un organisme dans un milieu. 3. Qualifie un système dont les sorties sont fonctions de l’historique des entrées.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of adaptatif

  • adaptative feminine
  • adaptatifs masculine plural
  • adaptatives feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce adaptatif?

  • /a.dap.ta.tif/
  • \a.dap.ta.tif\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to adaptatif

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is adaptatif in French?

adaptatif appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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