Convertible Meaning
/kənˈvɜːtɪbl̩/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjAble to be converted
adjAble to be converted, Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
Sentence Examples
I'd like to drive across the USA in a convertible car.
My new Alfa Romeo convertible is light red.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The new sofa is ____ and can become a bed in seconds.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I'd like to drive across the USA in a ____ car.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"As if, in truth, there were no God of Labour; as if godlike Labour and brutal Mammonism were convertible terms."
— 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):
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The new sofa is ____ and can become a bed in seconds.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I'd like to drive across the USA in a ____ car.