convertible
Pronunciation: /kənˈvɜː(ɹ)təbəl/
The English word “convertible” has 14 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
- Able to be exchanged for specie.
- Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
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.
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