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convertible en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /kənˈvɜː(ɹ)təbəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Old French convertible, from Late Latin convertibilis (“interchangeable”), from Latin convertere (“to turn back, to turn over, to turn around, to turn upside down”), from con- (“with, together”) + vertere (“to turn”), + -ibilis (“-ible: able to”). Equivalent to convert + -ible.

Meanings

1. Able to be converted ▸ Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
   • As if, in truth, there were no God of Labour; as if godlike Labour and brutal Mammonism were convertible terms. 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. VI, Two Centuries”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
2. (historical) Able to be converted ▸ Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially ▸ Able to be exchanged for specie.
3. Able to be converted ▸ Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially ▸ Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
   • Seven months ago Prime Minister Ante Marković, a Croat, attacked Yugoslavia's 2,600 percent inflation rate by making the dinar convertible to Western currencies and lopping off four zeroes. 1990 August, Kenneth C. Danforth, “Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 110:
4. Able to be converted ▸ Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially ▸ Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
5. Able to be converted ▸ Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
6. (obsolete) Able to be converted ▸ Able to be turned, especially ▸ Able to be turned in a different direction.
   • The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature. 1635, Nathanael Carpenter, Geography Delineated Forth in Two Bookes (1.4.77)
7. Able to be converted ▸ Able to be turned, especially ▸ Able to be turned to a different purpose.
8. Able to be converted ▸ Able to be turned, especially ▸ Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
9. Able to be converted ▸ Able to be turned into a different thing, especially ▸ Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
10. (obsolete) Able to be converted ▸ Able to be turned into a different thing, especially ▸ Able to be easily digested.

Forms

Antonyms

unconvertible · inconvertible

Deriveds

convertibleness · convertible husbandry · interconvertible · convertible security · nonconvertible · convertible land · convertible mark · convertible pants · semiconvertible · reconvertible · photoconvertible · convertibly

Synonyms

synonymous (able to be exchanged) · swappable (able to be exchanged) · interchangeable (able to be exchanged) · equivalent (able to be exchanged)

Translations (30)

fr convertissable (able to be converted) · pt convertível (able to be converted) · hu átváltoztatható (able to be converted) · sv konvertibel (able to be converted) · tl mababalinyo (able to be converted) · ru конверти́руемый (able to be converted) · cmn 可兌換的 /可兑换的 (able to be converted) · gv so-cheaghley (able to be converted) · pt conversível (able to be converted) · gv so-çhyndaa (able to be converted) · fi muuntokelpoinen (able to be converted) · hu átalakítható (able to be converted) · hu konvertibilis (able to be converted) · cmn 可轉變的 /可转变的 (able to be converted) · hu nyitható (able to be converted) · bg конвертируем (able to be converted) · hu lenyitható (able to be converted) · fr convertible (able to be converted) · ca convertible (able to be converted) · hu megtéríthető (able to be converted) · bg обратим (able to be converted) · ro convertibil (able to be converted) · hu lehajtható (able to be converted) · it convertibile (able to be converted) · cmn 可轉化的 /可转化的 (able to be converted) · es convertible (able to be converted) · hu átváltható (able to be converted) · cmn 兩用的 /两用的 (able to be converted) · fi muunneltava (able to be converted) · sv konverterbar (able to be converted)

convertible en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kənˈvɜː(ɹ)təbəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Old French convertible, from Late Latin convertibilis (“interchangeable”), from Latin convertere (“to turn back, to turn over, to turn around, to turn upside down”), from con- (“with, together”) + vertere (“to turn”), + -ibilis (“-ible: able to”). Equivalent to convert + -ible.

Meanings

1. (dated, in-plural) Interchangeable things or terms.
2. A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.
3. A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
4. A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.

Forms

Relateds

landaulet

Synonyms

drop top (car with removable roof) · drophead (car with removable roof) · landau (car with removable roof) · cabriolet (car with removable roof) · roadster (car with removable roof) · drop (car with removable roof) · cabrio (car with removable roof)

Translations (41)

ko 카브리올레 (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · cmn 敞篷車 /敞篷车 (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · gl convertible (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · ja カブリオレ (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · fr cabriolet (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · fi avoauto (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · de Cabriolet (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · es convertible (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · tr kabriyole (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · it decappottabile (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · ca convertible (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · fr décapotable (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · hu lenyitható/lehajtható/nyitható tetejű autó (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · nv chidí bikʼi dah azbaalígíí (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · ko 컨버터블 (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · mk кабриоле́т (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · nn kabriolet (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · ko 오픈카 (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · pt cabriolé (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · sv cabriolet (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · ru кабриоле́т (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · de Kabriolett (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · de Cabrio (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · pt conversível (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · ja コンバーチブル (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · hu kabrió (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · es descapotable (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · pt descapotável (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · es cabriolé (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · nb kabriolet (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · yue 敞篷車 /敞篷车 (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · pl kabriolet (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · ar حَنْطُور (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · nv chidí nadlééh (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · eo kabrioleto (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · bg кабрио (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · ca descapotable (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · sv cab (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · ja オープンカー (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · da cabriolet (car whose roof can be removed or folded) · gl convertíbel (car whose roof can be removed or folded)