Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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convertible

/kənˈvɜː(ɹ)təbəl/ adjective, noun

Forms convertibles

  1. adjective Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
  2. adjective (historical numismatics) Able to be exchanged for specie.
  3. adjective (numismatics) Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
  4. adjective (finance) Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
  5. adjective (logic) Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
  6. adjective (obsolete) Able to be turned in a different direction.
  7. adjective Able to be turned to a different purpose.
  8. adjective Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
  9. noun (dated, in the plural) Interchangeable things or terms.
  10. noun (vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.
  11. noun (finance) A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
  12. noun (computing) A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.

Synonyms

equivalent interchangeable swappable synonymous cabriolet cabrio drophead landau roadster drop drop top convertible security sofa bed exchangeable transformable translatable transmutable

Antonyms

inconvertible unconvertible

Etymology

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.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.
  2. adjective Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable.

Etymology [L. convertibilis: cf. F. convertible.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “convertible”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “convertible” (best matches first).