English Explanatory Dictionary

convertible

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Able to be converted
  2. Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
  3. Able to be exchanged for specie.
  4. Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
  5. Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
  6. Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
  7. Able to be turned, especially
  8. Able to be turned in a different direction.
  9. Able to be turned to a different purpose.
  10. Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
  11. Able to be turned into a different thing, especially
  12. Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/kənˈvɜːtɪbl̩/ /kənˈvɝtɪbl̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-convertible.wav

Word forms

convertible more convertible most convertible convertibles

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.

Synonyms

equivalent interchangeable swappable synonymous cabriolet cabrio drophead landau roadster drop drop top

Antonyms

inconvertible

Related words

landaulet

Derived words

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

Translations

Bulgarian: обратим Bulgarian: конвертируем Catalan: convertible Chinese Mandarin: 可轉化的 /可转化的 Chinese Mandarin: 可轉變的 /可转变的 Chinese Mandarin: 兩用的 /两用的 Chinese Mandarin: 可兌換的 /可兑换的 Finnish: muuntokelpoinen Finnish: muunneltava French: convertible French: convertissable Hungarian: átalakítható Hungarian: átváltoztatható Hungarian: átváltható Hungarian: konvertibilis Hungarian: lenyitható Hungarian: lehajtható Hungarian: nyitható Hungarian: megtéríthető Italian: convertibile Manx: so-cheaghley Manx: so-çhyndaa Portuguese: convertível Portuguese: conversível Romanian: convertibil Russian: конверти́руемый Spanish: convertible Swedish: konverterbar Swedish: konvertibel Tagalog: mababalinyo
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