adj
Meaning 1
Able to be exchanged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
exchangeable
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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CMU ARPABET: IH0 K S CH EY1 N JH AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any financial instrument with an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- convertible securities
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: convertible
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
suitable to be exchanged
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unexchangeable
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- interchangeable electric outlets
- interchangeable parts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: interchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English exchange Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English exchangeable From exchange + -able.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: vaihdettavissa oleva — able to be exchanged
- Finnish: vaihdettava — able to be exchanged
- French: échangeable — able to be exchanged
- Manx: so-choonrey — able to be exchanged
- Manx: yn-vaylartey — able to be exchanged
- Manx: yn-choonrey — able to be exchanged
- Polish: wymienny — able to be exchanged