adepto

Borrowed from English adept, French adepte, German Adept, Italian adepto and Polish adept.^[1][2] First attested in 1888.^[3]

• IPA^(key): /aˈdepto/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -epto
• Syllabification: a‧dep‧to

adepto (accusative singular adepton, plural adeptoj, accusative plural adeptojn)

1. adept (skillful person)
2. follower, adherent

• (follower): ano, aliĝinto, disĉiplo, zeloto

• adeptaro (“following, group of followers”)
• adeptigi (“to recruit, indoctrinate”)

Borrowed from Esperanto adepto, Italian adepto, Spanish adepto, English adept and French adepte.

• IPA^(key): /aˈdep.to/
• Hyphenation: a‧dep‧to

adepto (plural adepti)

1. follower, adherent

From Latin adeptus.

• IPA^(key): /aˈdɛp.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛpto
• Hyphenation: a‧dèp‧to

adepto m (plural adepti, feminine adepta)

1. follower, initiate

• adepto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• dopate

adeptō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of adeptus

• Hyphenation: a‧dep‧to

adepto m (plural adeptos, feminine adepta, feminine plural adeptas)

1. contributor, adept (a person who backs, supports or champions a cause, activity or institution)
2. (sports) fan; supporter

   Synonym: fã

• “adepto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “adepto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin adeptus.

• IPA^(key): /aˈdebto/ [aˈð̞eβ̞.t̪o]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ebto
• Syllabification: a‧dep‧to

adepto m (plural adeptos, feminine adepta, feminine plural adeptas)

1. supporter, follower

• “adepto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Spanish adepto, from Latin adeptus. The senses “adept” were semantic loans from English adept.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈdepto/ [ʔɐˈd̪ɛp.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -epto
• Syllabification: a‧dep‧to

adepto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜉ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. adept (well skilled)

   Synonyms: sanay, bihasa

adepto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒᜉ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. adept (one fully skilled or well versed in anything); expert; specialist

   Synonyms: dalubhasa, eksperto, espesyalista, perito

2. follower of a sect

   Synonyms: tagasunod, alagad, tauhan, disipulo

• “adepto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 11