different between flighty vs convertible

English

Etymology

From flight +? -y. Compare Dutch vluchtig (“volatile; fleeting; cursory”), German flüchtig (“volatile; fleeting; momentary; quick”), Danish flygtig (“elusive; evasive”), Swedish flyktig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fla?ti/

Adjective

flighty (comparative flightier, superlative flightiest)

1. Given to unplanned and silly ideas or actions.
2. (of a bird) That flies easily or often.
   • 2013, Diego Gil, Henrik Brumm, Avian Urban Ecology

     "We know that flighty birds suffer from greater risk of raptor predation, and I assume that it is useful to understand the effects of urbanization because flighty species may be more vulnerable to anthropogenic disturbance."

3. (obsolete) Swift.

Translations

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