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con·vert·i·ble

(kən-vûr′tə-bəl)

adj.

1. Capable of being converted: a convertible sofa bed.

2. Having a top that can be folded back or removed: a convertible automobile.

3. Lawfully exchangeable for gold or another currency: dollars convertible into yen.

1. Something that can be converted.

2. A convertible automobile.

3. A convertible security.

con·vert′i·bil′i·ty n.

con·vert′i·bly adv.

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Noun

convertibility - the quality of being exchangeable (especially the ability to convert a currency into gold or other currencies without restriction)

exchangeability, fungibility, interchangeability, interchangeableness - the quality of being capable of exchange or interchange

inconvertibility - the quality of not being exchangeable; "the inconvertibility of their currency made international trade impossible"

Translations

قابِليَّة التَّحويل أو الطَّي

přeměnitelnost

konvertibilitetombyttelighed

Umwandelbarkeit

convertibilité

átválthatóság

breytanleiki

convertibilit...

konvertibilitet

konvertibilita

değiştirilebilme

可变换性

convertibility

[kənˌvɜːtəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N → convertibilidad f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

convertibility

[kənˌvɜː^rtɪˈbɪlɪti] n [currency] → convertibilité f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

convertibility

n (of currency) → Konvertierbarkeit f, → Konvertibilität f; (of appliances) → Umstellbarkeit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

convertibility

[kənˌvɜːtəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → convertibilità

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

convert

(kənˈvəːt) verb

1. to change from one thing into another. He has converted his house into four separate flats; This sofa converts into a bed.

2. to change from one religion etc to another. He was converted to Christianity.

(ˈkonvəːt) noun

a person who has been converted to a particular religion etc. a convert to Buddhism.

conˈvertible adjective

that may or can be converted. a convertible sofa.

noun

a car with a folding or detachable top.

conˌvertiˈbility noun

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