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say it: kuhn-VUR-tuh-buhl
convertible is a noun and adjective meaning "a car that has top that can be folded or removed". It carries 6 recorded senses.
a car that has top that can be folded or removed
a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)
a sofa that can be converted into a bed
capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value
“convertible securities”
designed to be changed from one use or form to another
“a convertible sofa”
“a convertible coupe”
capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy
“is lead really transmutable into gold?”
“ideas translatable into reality”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for convertible come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.