convertible
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
convertible
- Able to be converted, particularly:
- Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
- 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
- (logic) Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
- Able to be turned, especially
- Able to be turned into a different thing, especially
- Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
- (able to be exchanged) equivalent, interchangeable, swappable; synonymous (of words)
- French: convertible
- Portuguese: convertível, conversível
- Russian: конверти́руемый
- Spanish: convertible
convertible (plural convertibles)
- (dated, in 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.
- (car with removable roof) cabriolet, cabrio (used of European cars), drophead (British), landau, roadster
- French: décapotable, cabriolet
- German: Cabriolet, Cabrio, (rarely) Kabriolett
- Portuguese: conversível, descapotável (Portugal), cabriolé
- Russian: кабриоле́т
- Spanish: convertible (Latin America), descapotable (Spain), cabriolé
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