convertible

Etymology

From Old French convertible

Adjective

convertible (comparative more convertible, superlative most convertible)

1. Able to be converted
2. (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.

3. 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.

4. (finance) Having the right to be converted into a different security, usually common stock, at the holder's option

Noun

convertible (plural convertibles)

1. A car whose roof can be removed or folded
2. (finance) A hybrid security that can be converted into stock
3. A portable computer that can be physically converted between laptop and tablet configurations.

Etymology

From the verb convertir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.vɛʁ.ti.bl/

Adjective

convertible (plural convertibles)

1. convertible (able to be converted)

Further reading

• “convertible” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Adjective

convertible (plural convertibles)

1. convertible

Noun

convertible m (plural convertibles)

1. (Latin America) convertible (car)