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convertible

  • /kənˈvɜː(ɹ)təbəl/

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)təbəl

Where it comes from

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.

adjective more convertible · most convertible

  1. 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.
  2. historical Able to be exchanged for specie.
  3. 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.
  4. Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
  5. Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
  6. obsolete Able to be turned in a different direction. The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature.
  7. Able to be turned to a different purpose.
  8. Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
  9. Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
  10. obsolete Able to be easily digested.

Similar: equivalent, interchangeable, swappable, synonymous · Opposite: inconvertible, unconvertible

noun convertibles

  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.

    Similar: cabriolet, cabrio, drophead, landau, roadster, drop, drop top

  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 be converted between laptop and tablet form factors.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: transformable, commutable, exchangeable, transmutable, adaptable, translatable, redeemable, cashable, convertible security, sofa bed, convert, transferable, marketable, wind-up, hard, undisguised

adjective

Similar: equivalent, interchangeable, swappable, synonymous · Opposite: inconvertible, unconvertible

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adj able to be converted

Españolconvertible
中文可轉化的 /可转化的 kě zhuǎnhuà de, 可轉變的 /可转变的 kě zhuǎnbiàn de, 兩用的 /两用的 liǎngyòng de, 可兌換的 /可兑换的 kě duìhuàn de
Portuguêsconvertível, conversível
Françaisconvertible, convertissable
Italianoconvertibile
Românăconvertibil
Русскийконверти́руемый konvertírujemyj

noun car whose roof can be removed or folded

Españolconvertible, descapotable, cabriolé
한국어오픈카 opeunka, 컨버터블 keonbeoteobeul, 카브리올레 kabeuriolle
日本語オープンカー ōpunkā, コンバーチブル konbāchiburu, カブリオレ kaburiore
中文敞篷車 /敞篷车 chǎngpéngchē
Portuguêsconversível, descapotável, cabriolé
Françaisdécapotable, cabriolet
DeutschCabriolet, Cabrio, Kabriolett
Italianodecappottabile
Русскийкабриоле́т kabriolét
العربيةحَنْطُور ḥanṭūr

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@misc{convertible_2026,
  title = {convertible},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/convertible},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}