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Webster 1913 Edition
Convertible
Con-vert′i-ble
,Adj.
[L.
convertibilis
: cf. F. convertible
.] 1.
Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.
Minerals are not
convertible
into another species, though of the same genus. Harvey.
2.
Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable.
So long as we are in the regions of nature, miraculous and improbable, miraculous and incredible, may be allowed to remain
convertible
terms. Trench.
Webster 1828 Edition
Convertible
CONVERTIBLE
,Adj.
1.
That may be changed; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.Minerals are not convertible into another species, though of the same genus.
2.
So much alike that one may be used for another. Usury and interest are not now convertible terms, though formerly they were.3.
That may be changed, as one letter for another; as b, p and f are convertible letters.Definition 2024
convertible
convertible
English
A convertible (car).
Adjective
convertible (comparative more convertible, superlative most convertible)
- Able to be converted
- (obsolete) Capable of being turned or rotated
- 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)
- Capable of being exchanged or interchanged, reciprocal, interchangeable
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. VI, Two Centuries
- As if, in truth, there were no God of Labour; as if godlike Labour and brutal Mammonism were convertible terms.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. VI, Two Centuries
- (finance) Having the right to be converted into a different security, usually common stock, at the holder's option
Antonyms
Translations
able to be converted
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Noun
convertible (plural convertibles)
- A car whose roof can be removed or folded
- (finance) A hybrid security that can be converted into stock
- A portable computer that can be physically converted between laptop and tablet configurations.
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
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.bl/
Etymology
From the verb convertir
Adjective
convertible m, f (plural convertibles)
- convertible (able to be converted)
Derived terms
Spanish
Adjective
convertible m, f (plural convertibles)
Noun
convertible m (plural convertibles)
- (Latin America) convertible (car)