adapter

adaptateur

Dispositif permettant de relier des appareils dont les prises ou les raccordements sont différents.

En anglais simple : A device that lets equipment with different plugs or connections work together.

• I need a travel adapter.
• This adapter connects my laptop to the screen.
• Do these adapters work with European sockets?

Comment l'utiliser : adapter for something (I need an adapter for this plug.)

Synonymes : converter

Expressions courantes : travel adapter, power adapter, adapter for something, network adapter

personne adaptable

Personne qui s’adapte facilement à de nouvelles situations.

En anglais simple : A person who changes easily to suit new situations.

• She is a quick adapter.
• Successful adapters learn from unfamiliar situations.
• He proved an able adapter to life abroad.

Comment l'utiliser : adapter to something (She is a quick adapter to new conditions.)

Expressions courantes : quick adapter, successful adapter, adapter to change

adaptateur

Personne qui transforme un livre ou une pièce pour un autre format ou un autre cadre.

En anglais simple : A person who changes a book or play so it works in another form or setting.

• The adapter shortened the play.
• She worked as an adapter of novels for television.
• The adapters kept the story but changed its setting.

Comment l'utiliser : adapter of something (She is the adapter of the new stage version.)

Expressions courantes : adapter of novels, skilled adapter, stage adapter