FromLatinversātilis(“turning easily”), fromversātus, past participle ofversō(“I turn, change”), frequentative ofvertō(“I turn”).

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈvɜː.səˌtaɪl/,[ˈvɜː.səˌtaɪɫ]

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• (General American,Canada)IPA^(key):/ˈvɝ.sə.təl/,[ˈvɝ.sə.ɾəl],/ˈvɝ.səˌtaɪl/

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• (General Australian)IPA^(key):/ˈvɜː.sə.təl/,/ˈvɜː.səˌtɑɪl/,[ˈvɜː.səˌtɑɪɫ]

versatile (comparativemoreversatile,superlativemostversatile)

1. Capable of doing many thingscompetently.
2. Having varied uses or manyfunctions.
3. Changeable orinconstant.
4. (biology) Capable ofmovingfreely in alldirections.
   • 1996, William G. D'Arcy, edited by William G. D'Arcy and Richard C. Keating,The anther: form, function, and phylogeny:

     Theversatile anther is an important step up in flowering plant evolution and it may be the most widespread of all simple anther types.

5. Synonym ofvers(“Willing to take either apenetrative orreceptive role in anal sex”)
   • 2017, Simon LeVay,Gay, Straight, and the Reason why: The Science of Sexual Orientation‎^[1]:

     Among men who do engage in anal intercourse, about one-quarter are tops, one-quarter are bottoms, and one-half areversatile.

6. (BDSM) Being aswitch; capable of taking either adominant or asubmissive role.
   • 2004, queenchaser1158, “HornyVersatile TV/TS Wanted in Phoenix”, inalt.personals.gay (Usenet):
7. (sex,loosely) Capable of being either adominant or asubmissivepartner in asexualrelationship.

   Synonyms:vers,switchy

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

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FromLatinversātilis.

• IPA^(key):/vɛʁ.sa.til/

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versatile (pluralversatiles)

1. versatile; easilychangeable
2. indecisive

• versatilité

• “versatile”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

FromLatinversātilis, fromversāre(“to turn, to twist”).

• IPA^(key):/verˈsa.ti.le/
• Rhymes:-atile
• Hyphenation:ver‧sà‧ti‧le

versatile (pluralversatili)

1. versatile
2. all-round,all around,multiskilled

• versatilità

• laveresti,rilevaste,rivaleste,rivelaste,servitela,versateli

versātile

1. nominative/accusative/vocativeneutersingular ofversātilis

• IPA^(key):/versaˈtile/

versatile f pl orn pl

1. nominative/accusativefeminine/neuterplural ofversatil