compatible
English edit
Etymology edit
from Middle French compatible, from Medieval Latin compatibilis (“in compatibile beneficium, a benefice which could be held together with another one”), from Late Latin compator (“to suffer with”), from com- (“together”) + pati (“to suffer”); see passion.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, US, Canada) IPA(key): /kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/, [km̩ˈpæt.ə.bl̩]
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective edit
compatible (comparative more compatible, superlative most compatible)
- Capable of easy interaction.
- This printer isn't compatible with my computer.
- Able to get along well.
- My neighbours and I are not very compatible: they're loud and I'm an introvert.
- Consistent; congruous.
- His actions were compatible with his sermons.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest[1]:
- She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.
Antonyms edit
Hyponyms edit
- autocompatible
- backward compatible
- backward-compatible
- backwards compatible
- backwards-compatible
- binary-compatible
- biocompatible
- C++-compatible
- C#-compatible
- COBOL-compatible
- compatibilise
- compatibilism
- compatibilist
- compatibilization
- compatibilize
- compatibleness
- compatibly
- cross-compatible
- cytobiocompatible
- cytocompatible
- Fortran-compatible
- FORTRAN-compatible
- forward compatible
- forwards compatible
- genocompatible
- haemocompatible
- hemocompatible
- histocompatible
- IBM-compatible
- immunocompatible
- intercompatible
- JSF-compatible
- JSP-compatible
- JSX-compatible
- metrically compatible
- metric-compatible
- osteocompatible
- PC-compatible
- self-compatible
- serocompatible
- signature-compatible
- uncompatible
- upward compatible
Related terms edit
Translations edit
capable of easy interaction
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able to get along well
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consistent; congruous
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Noun edit
compatible (plural compatibles)
- Something that is compatible with something else.
- a computer company that sells IBM compatibles
Further reading edit
- “compatible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “compatible”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Asturian edit
Adjective edit
compatible (epicene, plural compatibles)
- compatible (capable of easy interaction)
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [kum.pəˈtib.blə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kom.pəˈtib.blə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [kom.paˈti.ble]
Adjective edit
compatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural compatibles)
- compatible
- Antonym: incompatible
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “compatible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “compatible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “compatible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “compatible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
compatible (plural compatibles)
- compatible
- Antonym: incompatible
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: compatível
Further reading edit
- “compatible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
compatible m or f (plural compatibles)
Middle French edit
Adjective edit
compatible m or f (plural compatibles)
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (compatible, supplement)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
compatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural compatibles)
- compatible
- Antonym: incompatible
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “compatible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014