Standard Lemma guide

convertible

adj · noun · 20 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /kənˈvɜːtɪbl̩/
  • General-American: /kənˈvɝtɪbl̩/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)tɪbəl
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N V ER1 T AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Able to be converted

Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Able to be converted

Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially

Able to be exchanged for specie.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Able to be converted

Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially

Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, numismatics

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Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Able to be converted

Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially

Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

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Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Able to be converted

Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences

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6

adj

Meaning 6

Able to be converted

Able to be turned, especially

Able to be turned in a different direction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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Meaning relationships

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7

adj

Meaning 7

Able to be converted

Able to be turned, especially

Able to be turned to a different purpose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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8

adj

Meaning 8

Able to be converted

Able to be turned, especially

Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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9

adj

Meaning 9

Able to be converted

Able to be turned into a different thing, especially

Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: transport, vehicles

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10

adj

Meaning 10

Able to be converted

Able to be turned into a different thing, especially

Able to be easily digested.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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11

noun

Meaning 11

Interchangeable things or terms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, in-plural

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12

noun

Meaning 12

A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: transport, vehicles

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13

noun

Meaning 13

A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

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14

noun

Meaning 14

A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Meaning relationships

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15

adjective

Meaning 15

capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • convertible securities

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exchangeable

Antonyms: inconvertible

16

adjective satellite

Meaning 16

capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • is lead really transmutable into gold?
  • ideas translatable into reality

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transformable, translatable, transmutable

Antonyms: none provided

17

adjective satellite

Meaning 17

designed to be changed from one use or form to another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a convertible sofa
  • a convertible coupe

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

a car that has top that can be folded or removed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar

19

noun

Meaning 19

a sofa that can be converted into a bed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sofa bed

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sofa, couch, lounge

Narrower terms: davenport, studio couch, day bed

20

noun

Meaning 20

a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: convertible security

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: security, certificate

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: обратим (obratim) — able to be converted
  • Bulgarian: конвертируем (konvertiruem) — able to be converted
  • Catalan: convertible — able to be converted
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可轉化的 /可转化的 (kě zhuǎnhuà de) — able to be converted
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可轉變的 /可转变的 (kě zhuǎnbiàn de) — able to be converted
  • Chinese Mandarin: 兩用的 /两用的 (liǎngyòng de) — able to be converted
  • Chinese Mandarin: 可兌換的 /可兑换的 (kě duìhuàn de) — able to be converted
  • Finnish: muuntokelpoinen — able to be converted
  • Finnish: muunneltava — able to be converted
  • French: convertible — able to be converted
  • French: convertissable — able to be converted
  • Hungarian: átalakítható — able to be converted
  • Hungarian: átváltoztatható — able to be converted
  • Hungarian: átváltható — able to be converted
  • Hungarian: konvertibilis — able to be converted
  • Hungarian: lenyitható — able to be converted
  • Hungarian: lehajtható — able to be converted
  • Hungarian: nyitható — able to be converted
  • Hungarian: megtéríthető — able to be converted
  • Italian: convertibile — able to be converted
  • Manx: so-cheaghley — able to be converted
  • Manx: so-çhyndaa — able to be converted
  • Portuguese: convertível — able to be converted
  • Portuguese: conversível — able to be converted
  • Romanian: convertibil — able to be converted
  • Russian: конверти́руемый (konvertírujemyj) — able to be converted
  • Spanish: convertible — able to be converted
  • Swedish: konverterbar — able to be converted
  • Swedish: konvertibel — able to be converted
  • Tagalog: mababalinyo — able to be converted
  • Arabic: حَنْطُور (ḥanṭūr) — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Bulgarian: кабрио (kabrio) — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Catalan: descapotable — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Catalan: convertible — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Chinese Cantonese: 敞篷車 /敞篷车 (cong2 pung4 ce1) — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Chinese Mandarin: 敞篷車 /敞篷车 (chǎngpéngchē) — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Danish: cabriolet — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Esperanto: kabrioleto — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Finnish: avoauto — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • French: décapotable — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • French: cabriolet — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Galician: convertíbel — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Galician: convertible — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • German: Cabriolet — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • German: Cabrio — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • German: Kabriolett — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Hungarian: kabrió — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Hungarian: lenyitható/lehajtható/nyitható tetejű autó — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Italian: decappottabile — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Japanese: オープンカー (ōpunkā) — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Japanese: コンバーチブル (konbāchiburu) — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Japanese: カブリオレ (kaburiore) — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Korean: 오픈카 (opeunka) — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Korean: 컨버터블 (keonbeoteobeul) — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Korean: 카브리올레 (kabeuriolle) — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Macedonian: кабриоле́т (kabriolét) — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Navajo: chidí nadlééh — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Navajo: chidí bikʼi dah azbaalígíí — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kabriolet — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kabriolet — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Polish: kabriolet — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Portuguese: conversível — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Portuguese: descapotável — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Portuguese: cabriolé — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Russian: кабриоле́т (kabriolét) — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Spanish: convertible — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Spanish: descapotable — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Spanish: cabriolé — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Swedish: cabriolet — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Swedish: cab — car whose roof can be removed or folded
  • Turkish: kabriyole — car whose roof can be removed or folded
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