- adoptable
- adjective see adopt
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
adoptable
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adoptable — ● adoptable adjectif Qui peut être adopté. ⇒ADOPTABLE, adj. Rare. [En parlant de pers. ou de choses] Qui peut être adopté : • 1. Cette mesure, ce projet, ce moyen n est point adoptable (Bert). S. MERCIER, Néologie ou Vocabulaire de mots nouveaux … Encyclopédie Universelle
Adoptable — A*dopt a*ble, a. Capable of being adopted. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adoptable — adoptable. (Del lat. adoptabĭlis). adj. Que puede ser adoptado … Enciclopedia Universal
adoptable — (Del lat. adoptabĭlis). adj. Que puede ser adoptado … Diccionario de la lengua española
adoptable — adoptability, n. /euh dop teuh beuhl/, adj. 1. capable of being adopted; suitable or eligible for adoption: an adoptable child; a resolution found to be adoptable. n. 2. a child who is considered suitable for adoption: fewer adoptables than in… … Universalium
adoptable — adjective a) Able to be adopted. Only after reaching 3 weeks of age are the infants considered adoptable. b) Desirable to adopt. Personability and youthful vigor make this puppy highly adoptable … Wiktionary
adoptable — adopt ► VERB 1) legally take (another s child) and bring it up as one s own. 2) choose to take up or follow (an option or course of action). 3) Brit. choose as a candidate for office. 4) assume (an attitude or position). 5) formally approve or… … English terms dictionary
adoptable — adjective suitable or eligible for adoption a shortage of adoptable babies • Ant: ↑unadoptable • Derivationally related forms: ↑adopt … Useful english dictionary
adoptable — a|dop|ta|ble Mot Pla Adjectiu invariable … Diccionari Català-Català
adoptable — adj. capable of being adopted or taken in, capable of being embraced or espoused (of a person, idea, cause, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
