adoptable

adoptable
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.


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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 — 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 — adjective see adopt …   New Collegiate 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

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