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fickle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?k.?l/
- Rhymes: -?k?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English fikil, fikel, from Old English ficol (“fickle, cunning, tricky, deceitful”), equivalent to fike +? -le. More at fike.
Adjective
fickle (comparative fickler or more fickle, superlative ficklest or most fickle)
- Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
- (figuratively) Changeable.
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English fikelen, from fikel (“fickle”); see above. Cognate with Low German fikkelen (“to deceive, flatter”), German ficklen, ficheln (“to deceive, flatter”).
Verb
fickle (third-person singular simple present fickles, present participle fickling, simple past and past participle fickled)
- (transitive) To deceive, flatter.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.
Anagrams
- Fickel
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convertible
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)
- Able to be converted, particularly:
- 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.
- (historical numismatics) Able to be exchanged for specie.
- (numismatics) Able to be exchanged for foreign currency.
- (finance) Able to be exchanged for a different class of security (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. VI, Two Centuries
- (logic) Able to undergo conversion (i.e., inversion) without falsehood.
- Able to be turned, especially
- (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.
- 1635, Nathanael Carpenter, Geography Delineated Forth in Two Bookes (1.4.77)
- Able to be turned to a different purpose.
- Able to be turned to a different religion or belief.
- (obsolete) Able to be turned in a different direction.
- Able to be turned into a different thing, especially
- (vehicles) Able to change from a closed to an open frame and back again.
- (obsolete) Able to be easily digested.
- Able to be exchanged, one for the other, especially
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)
- (dated, in the plural) Interchangeable things or terms.
- (vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.
- (finance) A convertible security: a stock, bond, etc. that can be turned into another (usually common stock) under certain set terms.
- (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)
- 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)
- convertible
Noun
convertible m (plural convertibles)
- (Latin America) convertible (car)
- Synonym: descapotable
Related terms
- convertir
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