convertible
English
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A BMW convertible.
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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˈvɜːtɪbl̩/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kənˈvɝtɪbl̩/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tɪbəl
Adjective
convertible (comparative more convertible, superlative most convertible)
- Able to be converted, particularly:
- Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
- 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 191225086, book III (The Modern Worker):
- As if, in truth, there were no God of Labour; as if godlike Labour and brutal Mammonism were convertible terms.
- (historical numismatics) Able to be exchanged for specie.
- (numismatics) Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
- (finance) Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
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- (logic) Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
- Able to be turned, especially
- (obsolete) Able to be turned in a different direction.
- 1635, Nathanael Carpenter, Geography Delineated Forth in Two Bookes (1.4.77)
- The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature.
- 1635, Nathanael Carpenter, Geography Delineated Forth in Two Bookes (1.4.77)
- Able to be turned to a different purpose.
- Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
- (obsolete) Able to be turned in a different direction.
- Able to be turned into a different thing, especially
- (vehicles) Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
- (obsolete) Able to be easily digested.
- Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
Synonyms
- (able to be exchanged): equivalent, interchangeable, swappable; synonymous (of words)
Antonyms
- inconvertible
Derived terms
- convertible husbandry
- convertible land
- convertible mark
- convertibleness
- convertible security
Translations
able to be converted
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Noun
convertible (plural convertibles)
- (dated, in the plural) Interchangeable things or terms.
- (vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.
- (finance) A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
- (computing) A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.
Synonyms
- (car with removable roof): cabriolet, cabrio (used of European cars), drophead (British), landau, roadster
Translations
car whose roof can be removed or folded
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See also
- landaulet
References
- “convertible, adj. and n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1893.
French
Etymology
From the verb convertir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tibl/
Audio (file)
Adjective
convertible (plural convertibles)
- convertible (able to be converted)
Derived terms
- convertiblement
Further reading
- “convertible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kombeɾˈtible/ [kõm.beɾˈt̪i.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -ible
- Syllabification: con‧ver‧ti‧ble
Adjective
convertible (plural convertibles)
- convertible
Noun
convertible m (plural convertibles)
- (Latin America) convertible (car)
- Synonym: descapotable
Related terms
- convertir
Further reading
- “convertible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014