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convert en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈkɑn.vɚt/ (General-American)
[ˈkʰɒɱ.vət] (Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio
/ˈkɒn.vət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
kŏn'vûrt (General-American)
[ˈkʰɑɱ.vɚt] (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-etor Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Proto-Italic *komwertō Latin convertōder. Old French convertirbor. Middle English converten English convert From Middle English converten, from Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”).

Meanings

A person who has converted to a religion.
- While still in this relationship, Greene, a convert to Roman Catholicism at 23, was asked to be godfather to Catherine Walston, a 30-year-old married woman, at her own conversion. 2004, Ted Jones, chapter 3, in The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers, Tauris Parke Paperbacks, published 2007, →ISBN, page 64:
- They were all converts to Islam.
A person who is now in favour of something that they previously opposed or disliked.
- I never really liked broccoli before, but now that I've tasted it the way you cook it, I'm a convert!
Anyone who has converted from being one thing to being another.
- A great advantage of these temporary conversions of a man into a beast is that it enables the convert in his animal shape to pay out his enemy without being suspected. 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 207:
(Canadian) The equivalent of a conversion in rugby

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
converts	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

reconvert · passion of a convert

Translations (44)

ru новообращённый (person who has converted to a religion) · es confeso (person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked) · nb konvertitt (person who has converted to a religion) · pl konwertytka (person who has converted to a religion) · yi משומדתטע (person who has converted to a religion) · fi käännynnäinen (person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked) · pt convertido (person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked) · ru неофи́т (person who has converted to a religion) · mk преобратеник (person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked) · ja 改宗 (person who has converted to a religion) · pt convertido (person who has converted to a religion) · mk преобратеничка (person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked) · fr reconverti (person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked) · ro convertită (person who has converted to a religion) · nn konvertitt (person who has converted to a religion) · pt converso (person who has converted to a religion) · es neófito (person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked) · ro convertit (person who has converted to a religion) · es converso (person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked) · fr reconverti (person who has converted to a religion) · mk преобратеничка (person who has converted to a religion) · es neófito (person who has converted to a religion) · ga iompaitheach (person who has converted to a religion) · ms pemeluk (person who has converted to a religion) · he מומרת (person who has converted to a religion) · el προσήλυτος (person who has converted to a religion) · yi גרטע (person who has converted to a religion) · pl konwertyta (person who has converted to a religion) · mk преобратеник (person who has converted to a religion) · yi משומד (person who has converted to a religion) · yi גיורת (person who has converted to a religion) · mi takahuri (person who has converted to a religion) · es converso (person who has converted to a religion) · pl przechrzta (person who has converted to a religion) · he גֵּר (person who has converted to a religion) · yi משומדת (person who has converted to a religion) · ru новообращённая (person who has converted to a religion) · de Konvertit (person who has converted to a religion) · sv konvertit (person who has converted to a religion) · el νεοφώτιστος (person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked) · he גִיוֹרֶת (person who has converted to a religion) · fi käännynnäinen (person who has converted to a religion) · he מומר (person who has converted to a religion) · yi גר (person who has converted to a religion)

convert en · VERB

Pronunciation

(US) audio
[kʰə̥ɱˈvɜːt] (Received-Pronunciation)
/kənˈvɜːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
[kʰə̥ɱˈvɝt] (General-American)
(Australia) audio
kənvûrt' (General-American)
/kənˈvɝt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Meanings

(transitive) To transform or change (something) into another form, substance, state, or product.
- That ſtill leſſens / The ſorrow, and converts it nigh to joy. 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 91:
- A kettle converts water into steam.
- Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy. 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth if the whole atmosphere were converted into water
(transitive) To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another.
- “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,[…]. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- And the deff's further sayen that after the said b'gayn the said lambert compounded wt the said lychefeld ffor the moytie of the said Tymber stone glasse yren and tyle aforsaid by fforce whereof the said Lambert and Jane executrix of the testament of the said Thom's lychefeld haue broken and pulled down the stone walles & wyndoes of the said Churche dortr ffratr & cloyster & the same hath taken prceved & convertid to their p'per vses and behofe as lawfull was for the[m] to do by vertue of there said b'gayne & waraunt. All whiche mattrs the said def's ar redy to averre & p've as this hon'able cort shall award. And praye to be dysmyssed wt there resonable costs & charges for ther wrongfull vexac'on & trouble in this behalf. c. 1540-1553, John Hobson Matthews, editor, Augmentation proceedings: 1540-1553, volume 3, Cardiff Records, published 1901:
- He converted his garden into a tennis court.
(transitive) To induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, ideology or belief (see also sense 12).
- One old chap on a huge slotting machine was intensely religious and made great efforts to convert every young man who came his way. 1944 September and October, A Former Student, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285:
- No attempt was made to convert the Moslems. 1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:
- How little chance, then, should I have against one whose brain was supernaturally sharpened, and who had two thousand years of experience, besides all manner of knowledge of the secrets of Nature at her command! Feeling that she would be more likely to convert me than I should to convert her, I thought it best to leave the matter alone, and so sat silent. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- They converted her to Roman Catholicism on her deathbed.
(transitive) To exchange for something of equal value.
- We converted our pounds into euros.
(transitive) To express (a quantity) in alternative units.
(transitive) To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.
- How do you convert feet into metres?
(transitive) To appropriate wrongfully or unlawfully; to commit the common law tort of conversion.
- The grand jury claims Terrigno "knowingly converted, for the benefit of herself and others, federal funds, which were intended to help the poor and homeless in the Los Angeles area." 1985 December 14, Gordon Gottlieb, “L.A. Community Divided over Terrigno Indictment”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 22, page 10:
(ambitransitive) To score extra points after (a try) by completing a conversion.
- Flood converted to leave Wales with a 23-9 deficit going into the final quarter. 2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC:
To score extra points following a touchdown.
- Bass also kicked field goals of 40 and 49 yards, but he also missed a point-after try, which led to a 2-point conversion that the Bills converted later in the game. 2024 November 3, Jon Scott, Tommy Gallagher, “61 yards to victory: Bills ride another 2nd-half surge, beat Dolphins”, in WGRZ:
(intransitive, transitive) To score (especially a penalty kick).
- This time Polish goalkeeper Bartosz Bialkowski was Saints' penalty shootout hero, saving three spot kicks before centre-back Wayne Thomas converted from 12 yards to seal a 6-5 win. 2016, Alex Crook, Alex Smith, Southampton Greatest Games: Saints' Fifty Finest Matches, →ISBN:
- Hinton, inevitably, converted the penalty. 2011, Jonathan Wilson, Brian Clough: The Biography, →ISBN:
- However, the lead was doubled after the break, when Branislav Ivanovic converted from close range after Fernando Torres had flicked on. 2013, Mark Worrall, Kelvin Barker, David Johnstone, Making History, Not Reliving It: A Decade of Roman's Rule at Chelsea, →ISBN, page 225:
(intransitive, qualifier:ten-pin bowling) To score a spare.
(intransitive) To undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief (see also sense 3).
- Her father had immigrated to Canada from India, while her mother had been born in Canada to a family that had converted from Hinduism to Jehovah’s Witnesses. 2026 August 24, Sthitapragya Chakraborty, “Reena Virk, 14, Was Beaten by Teenagers in 1997. What Happened Next Became One of Canada’s Most Notorious Youth Crimes”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2026:
- The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians—women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors had converted to Christianity. 2009, Irene Silverblatt, “Foreword”, in Andrew B. Fisher, Matthew D. O'hara, editors, Imperial Subjects: Race and Identity in Colonial Latin America, page xi:
- We've converted to Methodism.
(intransitive) To become converted.
- The chair converts into a bed.
(obsolete, transitive) To cause to turn; to turn.
- O, which way shall I first convert myself? 1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC:
(transitive) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.
(obsolete, transitive) To turn into another language; to translate.
- which story[…]Catullus more elegantly converted 1609, Ben Jonson, The Masque of Queens:
(transitive) To increase one's individual score, especially from 50 runs (a fifty) to 100 runs (a century), or from a century to a double or triple century.
- Gillespie was reminded he had promised to join team-mate Matthew Hayden in a nude lap of the ground if he converted his century into a double. 2006, Gillespie hails 'fairytale' knock, BBC:
(intransitive) To perform the action that an online advertisement is intended to induce; to reach the point of conversion.
- Each time a user clicks on one of your adverts, you will be charged the bid amount whether the user converts or not.
(ambitransitive) To transform a material or positional advantage into a win.
- On the final day Marshall won a pawn as Black from another old rival, Hodges, but couldn't convert it and played on until a drawn king-and-pawn endgame. 1994, Andrew Soltis, Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion, McFarland, Inc, →ISBN, page 262:
- In a serious game, the same event often takes place: the attacking side, out of pure inertia, tries to convert an advantage which he or she no longer has, thus giving the defending side winning chances. 2012, Daniel Naroditsky, Mastering Complex Endgames, New In Chess, →ISBN, page 56:
- Black has survived the attack and is better due to his active king! Many moves later, he converted. 2021, Frank Erwich, 1001 Chess Exercises for Advanced Club Players, New In Chess, →ISBN:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
converted	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
converted	Tense=Past	lexicographic
converts	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
converting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic

proselytize (force adoption of beliefs) · conversion

Synonyms

draw · metamorphose · transmogrify · metamorphize · transfigure · transume · transfigurate · transform · develop · evolve · convert · shift · reconvert · transmute

Translations (134)

es convertir (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · eo konverti (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · ota دونمك (become converted) · ro transforma (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · bg превръщам (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · el προσηλυτίζω (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · fi vaihtaa (exchange for (something) of equal value) · ru конверти́ровать (exchange for (something) of equal value) · pl konwertować (exchange for (something) of equal value) · es convertir (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · sv omvända sig (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) · fi muuttaa (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · ru обраща́ть (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · el μετατρέπω (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · ps اړول (exchange for (something) of equal value) · pt converter (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · he התייהד (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) · fi muuttaa (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · ro converti (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · pt converter (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · fi muuntaa (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · pt comutar (exchange for (something) of equal value) · el μετατρέπω (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · gl converter (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · hu áttérít (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · it convertire (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · bg обръщам (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · ps اړول (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · pt transformar (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · ru преобразова́ть (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · ka გარდაქმნა (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · fi kääntyä (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) · nl bekeren (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) · tr çevirmek (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · az çevirmək (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · hu megtérít (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · ca convertir (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · ru обраща́ть (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · fi muuttaa (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · nrf convèrti (exchange for (something) of equal value) · es convertir (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · ta ஆக்கு (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · sv konvertera (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · ka აკონვერტირებს (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · pl przeliczać (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · tr dönüştürmek (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · fi muuntaa (exchange for (something) of equal value) · it convertirsi (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) · sv konvertera (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) · tr değiştirmek (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · cs převést (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · bg превръщам се (become converted) · ms memeluk (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) · pt mudar (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · de umwandeln (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · ru трансформи́ровать (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · pl nawrócić (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · ka გარდაქმნის (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · ca convertir (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · fi muuntaa (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · mi takahuri (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) · it convertire (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · ru переводи́ть (exchange for (something) of equal value) · es convertirse (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) · pt converter (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · pt converter (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · bg превръ́щам (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · pt transmudar (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · he החליף (exchange for (something) of equal value) · got 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) · es convertirse (become converted) · fi kääntää (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · ota دونمك (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) · es convertir (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · he המיר (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · pl konwertować (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) · mi whakatahuri (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · ru конверти́ровать (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · ru преврати́ться (become converted) · ro se converti (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) · ps بدلول (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · cs převést (exchange for (something) of equal value) · tl ipalit (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · ka კონვერტირება (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · ca convertir (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · nrf convèrti (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · nrf convèrti (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · ro converti (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · fr convertir (exchange for (something) of equal value) · bg обръщам (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · tl ilipat (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · ps اړول (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · ar حَوَّلَ (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · nrf convèrti (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · ru обрати́ть (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · ru преврати́ть (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · pl nawracać (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · it convertire (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · fr convertir (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · ru превраща́ться (become converted) · he התגייר (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) · fi muuntaa (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · ru превраща́ть (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · fi muuntua (become converted) · it convertire (exchange for (something) of equal value) · de konvertieren (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · pt converter (exchange for (something) of equal value) · eu bilakatu (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · tl balinyuin (exchange for (something) of equal value) · ps اړول (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · ja 変換する (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · ru перевести́ (exchange for (something) of equal value) · gd iompaich (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · ja 変換する (exchange for (something) of equal value) · fr convertir (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · ru обрати́ть (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · ca convertir (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · mi tahuri (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) · eu bihurtu (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · id mengubah (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · bg обръщам се (undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief) · pt transformar (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · ru преобразо́вывать (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · fi muuttaa (exchange for (something) of equal value) · he הֵמִיר (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · fi muuttua (become converted) · fr convertir (change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another) · vi cải đạo (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · ca convertir (exchange for (something) of equal value) · ps اړول (transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product) · tl balinyuin (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · pl przeliczyć (express (a quantity) in alternative units) · sv omvända (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief) · fi käännyttää (induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief)

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convert en · NOUN

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convert en · VERB

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