different between convertible vs cabriolet

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?n?v??t?b?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k?n?v??d?b?l/, /k?n?v??t?b?l/
• Rhymes: -??(r)t?b?l, -??(r)t?b?l

Adjective

convertible (comparative more convertible, superlative most convertible)

1. Able to be converted, particularly:
   1. Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
      • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. VI, Two Centuries

        As if, in truth, there were no God of Labour; as if godlike Labour and brutal Mammonism were convertible terms.

      1. (historical numismatics) Able to be exchanged for specie.
      2. (numismatics) Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
      3. (finance) Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
   2. (logic) Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
   3. Able to be turned, especially
      1. (obsolete) Able to be turned in a different direction.
         • 1635, Nathanael Carpenter, Geography Delineated Forth in Two Bookes (1.4.77)

           The Axis of the Earth is supposed to haue a convertible nature.

      2. Able to be turned to a different purpose.
      3. Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
   4. Able to be turned into a different thing, especially
      1. (vehicles) Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
      2. (obsolete) Able to be easily digested.

Synonyms

• (able to be exchanged): equivalent, interchangeable, swappable; synonymous (of words)

Antonyms

• inconvertible

Derived terms

• convertible husbandry, convertible land, convertibleness

Translations

Noun

convertible (plural convertibles)

1. (dated, in the plural) Interchangeable things or terms.
2. (vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.
3. (finance) A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
4. (computing) A computer able to convert from laptop to tablet and back again.

Synonyms

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

Translations

See also

• landaulet

References

• “convertible, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1893

French

Etymology

From the verb convertir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.v??.tibl/

Adjective

convertible (plural convertibles)

1. convertible (able to be converted)

Derived terms

• convertiblement

Further reading

• “convertible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kombe??tible/, [kõm.be??t?i.??le]

Adjective

convertible (plural convertibles)

1. convertible

Noun

convertible m (plural convertibles)

1. (Latin America) convertible (car)

   Synonym: descapotable

Related terms

• convertir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cabriolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kæ.b?i.??le?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

cabriolet (plural cabriolets)

1. An automobile with a retractable top.
2. (originally) A light two- or four-wheeled carriage with a folding top, pulled by a single horse.

Synonyms

• (automobile): convertible
• (carriage pulled by a horse): roadster

Derived terms

• cab

Translations

Anagrams

• bacteriol., carbolite

Dutch

Etymology

From French cabriolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?.bri.o??l?(t)/
• Hyphenation: ca?bri?o?let
• Rhymes: -?, -?t

Noun

cabriolet m (plural cabrioletten or cabriolets, diminutive cabrioletje n)

1. cabriolet, convertible (car with a convertible top)
2. cabriolet (light carriage with a convertible top, drawn by one horse)

Derived terms

• cabrio

French

Etymology

From Italian cabriola, cabriole (“horse caper”) +? -et, from Latin capreolus, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”); see also Old Norse hafr (“he-goat”), Old English hæfr, Welsh gafr, Old Irish gabor. Doublet of Chevrolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.b?i.j?.l?/

Noun

cabriolet m (plural cabriolets)

1. a cabriolet carriage
2. a convertible car
3. a knotted cord, each end tied to wood, to tie criminals to by the wrists
4. a Directoire style hat type

Descendants

See also

• coupé-cabriolet

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

• “cabriolet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Alternative forms

• cabriolè

Etymology

Borrowing from French cabriolet, from Italian cabriola.

Noun

cabriolet f (invariable)

1. (automobiles) cabriolet

   Synonym: cabrio

Further reading

• cabriolet in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Swedish

Etymology

From French cabriolet.

Noun

cabriolet c

1. cabriolet (vehicle)

Declension

Synonyms

• cab

Further reading

• cabriolet in Svensk ordbok.