Convertible

Origin

From Old French convertible

Full definition of convertible

Adjective

1. Able to be converted
2. (obsolete) Capable of being turned or rotated
• 1635, Nathanael Carpenter, Geography Delineated Forth in Two Bookes (1.4.77)The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature.
3. Capable of being exchanged or interchanged, reciprocal, interchangeable
• 1843, Thomas_Carlyle, , book 3, ch. VI, Two CenturiesAs if, in truth, there were no God of Labour; as if godlike Labour and brutal Mammonism were convertible terms.
4. (finance) Having the right to be converted into a different security, usually common stock, at the holder's option

Noun

1. A car whose roof can be removed or folded
2. (finance) A hybrid security that can be converted into stock
3. A portable computer that can be physically converted between laptop and tablet configurations.

Synonyms

• (car with removable roof) cabriolet, cabrio used of European cars, drophead British