compatible

English

Etymology

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

• (Received Pronunciation, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpæt.ə.bəl/, [km̩ˈpæt.ə.bl̩]

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

compatible (comparative more compatible, superlative most compatible)

1. Capable of easy interaction.

   This printer isn't compatible with my computer.

2. Able to get along well.

   My neighbours and I are not very compatible: they're loud and I'm an introvert.

3. Consistent; congruous.

   His actions were compatible with his sermons.

   • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

     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

• incompatible
• noncompatible

Hyponyms

• 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
• plug compatible, plug-compatible
• self-compatible
• serocompatible
• signature-compatible
• uncompatible
• upward compatible

Related terms

• compassion
• compatibility

Translations

capable of easy interaction

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: համատեղելի (hy) (hamateġeli) Asturian: compatible Bulgarian: съвместим (bg) (sǎvmestim) Burmese: please add this translation if you can Catalan: compatible (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: slučitelný, kompatibilní Danish: kompatibel Dutch: verenigbaar (nl) Esperanto: kongrua Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: yhteensopiva (fi) French: compatible (fr) Galician: compatible (gl), compatíbel (gl) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: austauschbar (de), fähig (de), kompatibel (de), verträglich (de), vereinbar (de) Greek: please add this translation if you can Hebrew: תואם m (toém), מתאים m (mat'ím) Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Icelandic: samhæfður, samhæfur Italian: compatibile (it) Khmer: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: guncav (ku) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Maori: hototahi (refers specifically to computing) Norwegian: Bokmål: kompatibel (no) Nynorsk: kompatibel Persian: همپشت (hampošt), سازوار (fa) (sāzvār) Polish: kompatybilny, zgodny (pl) Portuguese: compatível (pt) Romanian: compatibil (ro) m Russian: совмести́мый (ru) (sovmestímyj), сочета́емый (ru) (sočetájemyj) Serbo-Croatian: kompatibilan (sh) m Spanish: compatible (es) Swedish: kompatibel (sv) Tagalog: magkasundo, magkahiyang Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: bağdaşan, bağdaşır, uyumlu (tr) Vietnamese: tương thích, tương hợp (vi)

able to get along well

Bulgarian: съвместим (bg) (sǎvmestim) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: verenigbaar (nl) Esperanto: simpatia (eo) Finnish: toimeen tuleva (fi), yhteen sopiva French: compatible (fr) Galician: compatíbel (gl) m or f German: kompatibel (de), verträglich (de), ein gutes Gespann Italian: compatibile (it) Polish: kompatybilny Russian: совмести́мый (ru) (sovmestímyj), подходящий друг другу (podxodjaščij drug drugu) Tagalog: magkasundo, magkahiyang Vietnamese: hợp (vi), thích hợp (vi)

consistent; congruous

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: yhteensopiva (fi), yhtäpitävä (fi); linjassa (in line) German: im Einklang, gut verträglich Norwegian: Bokmål: forenelig (no) Russian: совпада́ющий (ru) (sovpadájuščij), сочета́ющийся (ru) (sočetájuščijsja) Tagalog: magkasundo Vietnamese: phù hợp (vi)

Noun

compatible (plural compatibles)

1. Something that is compatible with something else.

   a computer company that sells IBM compatibles

Further reading

• “compatible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “compatible”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Asturian

Adjective

compatible (epicene, plural compatibles)

1. compatible (capable of easy interaction)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kum.pəˈtib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kom.pəˈtib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kom.paˈti.ble]

Adjective

compatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural compatibles)

1. compatible

   Antonym: incompatible

Derived terms

• compatibilitat
• incompatible

Further reading

• “compatible”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “compatible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.pa.tibl/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Adjective

compatible (plural compatibles)

1. compatible

   Antonym: incompatible

Derived terms

• compatibilité

Descendants

• → Portuguese: compatível

Further reading

• “compatible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Alternative forms

• compatíbel

Adjective

compatible m or f (plural compatibles)

1. compatible

Middle French

Adjective

compatible m or f (plural compatibles)

1. compatible

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (compatible, supplement)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompaˈtible/ [kõm.paˈt̪i.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: com‧pa‧ti‧ble

Adjective

compatible m or f (masculine and feminine plural compatibles)

1. compatible

   Antonym: incompatible

Derived terms

• compatibilidad
• compatibilizar

Further reading

• “compatible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024