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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.vət/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈkhɒɱ.vət]
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• General-American: kŏn'vûrt
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• General-American: /ˈkɑn.vɚt/
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• General-American: [ˈkhɑɱ.vɚt]
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈvɜːt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [khə̥ɱˈvɜːt]
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• General-American: kənvûrt'
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• General-American: /kənˈvɝt/
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• General-American: [khə̥ɱˈvɝt]
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 N V ER0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: K AH0 N V ER1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Proto-Italic *komwertō Latin convertōder. Old French convertirbor. Middle English converten English convert From Middle English converten, from Old French convertir, from Latin converto (“turn around”).

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: käännynnäinen — person who has converted to a religion
• French: reconverti — person who has converted to a religion
• German: Konvertit — person who has converted to a religion
• Greek: προσήλυτος (prosílytos) — person who has converted to a religion
• Hebrew: מומר (mumar) — person who has converted to a religion
• Hebrew: מומרת (mumeret) — person who has converted to a religion
• Hebrew: גֵּר (ger) — person who has converted to a religion
• Hebrew: גִיוֹרֶת (giyóret) — person who has converted to a religion
• Irish: iompaitheach — person who has converted to a religion
• Japanese: 改宗 (kaishū) — person who has converted to a religion
• Macedonian: преобратеник (preobratenik) — person who has converted to a religion
• Macedonian: преобратеничка (preobratenička) — person who has converted to a religion
• Malay: pemeluk — person who has converted to a religion
• Māori: takahuri — person who has converted to a religion
• Norwegian Bokmål: konvertitt — person who has converted to a religion
• Norwegian Nynorsk: konvertitt — person who has converted to a religion
• Polish: konwertyta — person who has converted to a religion
• Polish: konwertytka — person who has converted to a religion
• Polish: przechrzta — person who has converted to a religion
• Portuguese: converso — person who has converted to a religion
• Portuguese: convertido — person who has converted to a religion
• Romanian: convertit — person who has converted to a religion
• Romanian: convertită — person who has converted to a religion
• Russian: новообращённый (novoobraščónnyj) — person who has converted to a religion
• Russian: новообращённая (novoobraščónnaja) — person who has converted to a religion
• Russian: неофи́т (neofít) — person who has converted to a religion
• Spanish: converso — person who has converted to a religion
• Spanish: neófito — person who has converted to a religion
• Swedish: konvertit — person who has converted to a religion
• Yiddish: גר (ger) — person who has converted to a religion
• Yiddish: גיורת (geyoyres) — person who has converted to a religion
• Yiddish: גרטע (gerte) — person who has converted to a religion
• Yiddish: משומד (meshumed) — person who has converted to a religion
• Yiddish: משומדת (meshumedes) — person who has converted to a religion
• Yiddish: משומדתטע (meshumédeste) — person who has converted to a religion
• Finnish: käännynnäinen — person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked
• French: reconverti — person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked
• Greek: νεοφώτιστος (neofótistos) — person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked
• Macedonian: преобратеник (preobratenik) — person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked
• Macedonian: преобратеничка (preobratenička) — person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked
• Portuguese: convertido — person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked
• Spanish: converso — person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked
• Spanish: neófito — person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked
• Spanish: confeso — person in favour of something they previously opposed or disliked
• Arabic: حَوَّلَ (ḥawwala) — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Basque: bilakatu — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Basque: bihurtu — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Bulgarian: превръ́щам (prevrǎ́štam) — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Catalan: convertir — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Esperanto: konverti — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Finnish: muuntaa — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Finnish: muuttaa — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• French: convertir — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Galician: converter — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Georgian: გარდაქმნა (gardakmna) — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Georgian: გარდაქმნის (gardakmnis) — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Georgian: კონვერტირება (ḳonverṭireba) — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Georgian: აკონვერტირებს (aḳonverṭirebs) — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• German: konvertieren — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• German: umwandeln — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Greek: μετατρέπω (metatrépo) — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Hebrew: המיר (hemir) — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Indonesian: mengubah — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Italian: convertire — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Norman: convèrti — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Pashto: اړول (arrawəl) — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Portuguese: converter — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Portuguese: transformar — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Portuguese: transmudar — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Portuguese: mudar — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Romanian: converti — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Romanian: transforma — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Russian: превраща́ть (prevraščátʹ) — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Russian: преврати́ть (prevratítʹ) — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Russian: трансформи́ровать (transformírovatʹ) — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Spanish: convertir — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Swedish: konvertera — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Tagalog: ipalit — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Tamil: ஆக்கு (ākku) — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Turkish: dönüştürmek — transform (something) into another form, substance, state, or product
• Bulgarian: обръщам (obrǎštam) — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Catalan: convertir — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Finnish: muuntaa — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Finnish: muuttaa — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• French: convertir — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Greek: μετατρέπω (metatrépo) — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Italian: convertire — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Norman: convèrti — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Pashto: اړول (arrawəl) — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Pashto: بدلول (badlawəl) — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Portuguese: converter — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Portuguese: transformar — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Russian: обраща́ть (obraščátʹ) — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Russian: обрати́ть (obratítʹ) — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Russian: преобразо́вывать (preobrazóvyvatʹ) — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Russian: преобразова́ть (preobrazovátʹ) — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Spanish: convertir — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Tagalog: ilipat — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Turkish: değiştirmek — change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another
• Bulgarian: обръщам (obrǎštam) — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Catalan: convertir — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Finnish: käännyttää — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Greek: προσηλυτίζω (prosilytízo) — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Hebrew: הֵמִיר (hemír) — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Hungarian: áttérít — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Hungarian: megtérít — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Māori: whakatahuri — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Pashto: اړول (arrawəl) — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Polish: nawrócić — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Polish: nawracać — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Portuguese: converter — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Romanian: converti — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Russian: обраща́ть (obraščátʹ) — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Russian: обрати́ть (obratítʹ) — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Scottish Gaelic: iompaich — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Spanish: convertir — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Swedish: omvända — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Vietnamese: cải đạo — induce (someone) to adopt a particular religion, faith, or belief
• Catalan: convertir — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Czech: převést — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Finnish: muuntaa — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Finnish: muuttaa — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Finnish: vaihtaa — exchange for (something) of equal value
• French: convertir — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Hebrew: החליף (Hichlif) — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Italian: convertire — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Japanese: 変換する (henkan suru) — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Norman: convèrti — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Pashto: اړول (arrawəl) — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Polish: konwertować — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Portuguese: converter — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Portuguese: comutar — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Russian: конверти́ровать (konvertírovatʹ) — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Russian: переводи́ть (perevodítʹ) — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Russian: перевести́ (perevestí) — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Tagalog: balinyuin — exchange for (something) of equal value
• Azerbaijani: çevirmək — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Bulgarian: превръщам (prevrǎštam) — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Catalan: convertir — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Czech: převést — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Finnish: muuntaa — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Finnish: muuttaa — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Finnish: kääntää — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• French: convertir — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Italian: convertire — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Japanese: 変換する (henkan suru) — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Norman: convèrti — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Pashto: اړول (arrawəl) — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Polish: przeliczać — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Polish: przeliczyć — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Portuguese: converter — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Russian: конверти́ровать (konvertírovatʹ) — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Spanish: convertir — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Tagalog: balinyuin — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Turkish: çevirmek — express (a quantity) in alternative units
• Bulgarian: обръщам се (obrǎštam se) — undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
• Dutch: bekeren — undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
• Finnish: kääntyä — undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gawandjan) — undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
• Hebrew: התייהד (hityahéd) — undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
• Hebrew: התגייר (hitgayér) — undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
• Italian: convertirsi — undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
• Malay: memeluk — undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
• Māori: tahuri — undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
• Māori: takahuri — undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
• Polish: konwertować — undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
• Romanian: se converti — undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
• Spanish: convertirse — undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
• Swedish: konvertera — undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
• Swedish: omvända sig — undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
• Ottoman Turkish: دونمك (dönmek) — undergo a conversion of religion, faith or belief
• Bulgarian: превръщам се (prevrǎštam se) — become converted
• Finnish: muuntua — become converted
• Finnish: muuttua — become converted
• Russian: превраща́ться (prevraščátʹsja) — become converted
• Russian: преврати́ться (prevratítʹsja) — become converted
• Spanish: convertirse — become converted
• Ottoman Turkish: دونمك (dönmek) — become converted