| English noun: adapter | |||
| 1. | adapter (person) a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance | ||
| Synonyms | arranger, transcriber | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | musician | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | orchestrator | ||
| 2. | adapter (artifact) device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible | ||
| Synonyms | adaptor | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | device | ||