convertible
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3.9
- noun
- /kənˈvɜːrtəbl/
:
descapotable
- My parents took us on a road trip in their old convertible with the top down.
- a red convertible
I drive my Evoke convertible with the top down.
- I drive my Evoke convertible with the top down.
- And she had a Chrysler Sebring convertible, which she, you know, recently purchased.
- And she steps out and there's this massive convertible.
- And we nearly forgot this, Harry, the competition to win my Mercedes SL convertible.
- I was, you know, going out and buying a Corvette convertible cash.
- I had the BMW convertible that that that my mom and and Pops got me.
- Picnics were taking place around parked cars up front, vans and VW bugs and station wagons and convertibles.
- So they, they're given, they're given a convertible car and that is given to them.
- They look like convertibles, like sexy, hot hip.
Examples
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Just then, a white Karmann Ghia convertible pulled up next to us.
Fiction book (1994) -
I drive my Evoke convertible with the top down.
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You just arrived with the convertible with the top down.
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You know I want a convertible.
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A friend of mine owns a convertible.
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Louis had gone to a shopping center to buy a special treatment for his convertible top.
Fiction book (1994) -
I saw a young white boy driving a yellow convertible car in Wilmington.
Fiction book (1993) -
An ancient white four-door Lincoln convertible with the top down turned into the driveway.
Fiction book (1993) -
Hank pulls his new baby blue Cadillac convertible in front of the house.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sure enough, a red Miata convertible, top down, is parked beside his mailbox.
Fiction book (1994)
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Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.6
A loan that pays interest and can be changed into company shares under certain conditions
- Specialized
1
8.3
An investment like a bond or preferred share that you can change into the company's common stock under certain conditions
How Open
Surface Forms
Morphology
convertible = convertible (semi-transparent) = convert + ible
The noun is a substantivized adjective built from 'convert' + '-ible', but the car sense is a specialized lexical meaning that is only partly predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Convertible comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and vertere 'to turn', the same root as reverse. So a convertible car is one whose roof can be 'turned' back or removed.