# convertible
## English
### 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.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kənˈvɜːtɪbl̩/
* (General American) IPA: /kənˈvɝtɪbl̩/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tɪbəl

### Adjective

convertible (comparative more convertible, superlative most convertible)
* Able to be converted, particularly:
** Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
*** 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):As if, in truth, there were no God of Labour; as if godlike Labour and brutal Mammonism were convertible terms.
*** (historical numismatics) Able to be exchanged for specie.
*** (numismatics) Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
*** (finance) Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
** (logic) Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
** Able to be turned, especially
*** (obsolete) Able to be turned in a different direction.
**** 1635, Nathanael Carpenter, Geography Delineated Forth in Two Bookes (1.4.77)
    The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature.
*** Able to be turned to a different purpose.
*** Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
** Able to be turned into a different thing, especially
*** (vehicles) Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
*** (obsolete) Able to be easily digested.

#### Synonyms

* (able to be exchanged): equivalent, interchangeable, swappable; synonymous (of words)

#### Antonyms

* inconvertible

#### Derived terms

* convertible husbandry
* convertible land
* convertible mark
* convertibleness
* convertible pants
* convertible security
* convertibly
* interconvertible
* nonconvertible
* photoconvertible
* reconvertible
* semiconvertible
* unconvertible

#### Translations
### Noun

convertible (plural convertibles)
* (dated, in the 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.

#### Synonyms

* (car with removable roof): cabriolet, cabrio (used of European cars), drophead (British), landau, roadster

#### See also

* landaulet

### References

* “convertible, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1893.

## French
### Etymology

From the verb convertir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.tibl/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

convertible (plural convertibles)
* convertible (able to be converted)

#### Derived terms

* convertiblement

### Further reading

* “convertible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kombeɾˈtible/ [kõm.beɾˈt̪i.β̞le]
* Rhymes: -ible
* Syllabification: con‧ver‧ti‧ble

### Adjective

convertible m or f (masculine and feminine plural convertibles)
* convertible

#### Derived terms

* convertibilidad

### Noun

convertible m (plural convertibles)
* (Latin America) convertible (car)
    Synonym: descapotable

#### Related terms

* convertir

### Further reading

* “convertible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10