convertible
/kənˈvɜː(ɹ)təbəl/
convertible adjective: able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially.
Adjective
convertible (comparative more convertible, superlative most convertible)
- 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)
- Able to be exchanged for specie.
- 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
- Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
- Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
- 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)
- Able to be turned to a different purpose.
- Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
- Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
- Able to be easily digested.
Noun
convertible (plural convertibles)
- Interchangeable things or terms.
- A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.
- A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
- A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.
convertible meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
convertible in Hindi
- कन्वर्टिबल
convertible in Tamil
- மாற்றுரிமை உடைய, கீழே இறக்கவோ செய்யலாம்
convertible in Marathi
- कन्व्हर्टिबल, रूपांतरित करण्यायोग्य
convertible in Bengali
- রূপান্তরযোগ্য
More languagesFewer languages
- convertible in Telugu
- కన్వర్టిబుల్
- convertible in Malayalam
- മാറാവുന്ന, രൂപഭേദം വരുത്താവുന്ന, തുല്യമായ, രൂപാന്തരപ്പെടുത്താവുന്ന
- convertible in Kannada
- ಮೇಲ್ಛಾವಣಿ ಮಡಿಚಬಹುದಾದ ಮೋಟಾರು ವಾಹನ, ಮಾರ್ಪಡಿಸಬಲ್ಲ, ಪರಿವರ್ತನೀಯ, ಮಾರ್ಪಡಿಸಬಹುದಾದ
- convertible in Punjabi
- ਪਰਿਵਰਤਨਯੋਗ
- convertible in Gujarati
- કન્વર્ટિબલ, પરિવર્તનીય, કન્વર્ટીબલ
- convertible in Odia
- ରୂପାନ୍ତରଯୋଗ୍ଯ଼
- convertible in Nepali
- कन्भर्टिबल, रूपान्तरण योग्य, रूपान्तरणयोग्य
- convertible in Tagalog
- mababalinyo
- convertible in Arabic
- حَنْطُور ḥanṭūr
Examples of convertible in a sentence
- The convertible, once the object of his desire, was now the object of his hatred.
- She spaced out when the speaker started droning about the fine-print details of convertible debentures.
- He's on solid ground when he's analyzing the pros and cons of convertible debentures.
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Forms of convertible
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more convertible |
| superlative | most convertible |
| Noun | |
| plural | convertibles |
Origin of convertible
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.
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Questions about convertible
- What does convertible mean?
- Convertible means able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially.
- What is convertible in Hindi?
- Convertible in Hindi is कन्वर्टिबल. See Convertible meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is convertible?
- Convertible can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce convertible?
- Convertible is pronounced /kənˈvɜː(ɹ)təbəl/.
Words near convertible in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: convertible (page history and authors); convertible (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); convertible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convertible (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); convertible (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); convertible (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); convertible (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convertible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); convertible (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); convertible (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); convertible (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); convertible (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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