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Definitions: Inconvertible |
InconvertibleAdjective1. Used especially of currencies; incapable of being exchanged for or replaced by another currency of equal value. 2. Not capable of being changed into something else; "the alchemists were unable to accept the inconvertible nature of elemental metals". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "inconvertible" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references) |
Etymology: Inconvertible \In`con*vert"i*ble\, adjective. [Latin expression inconvertibilis: compare to the French expression inconvertible. See In- not, and Convertible.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: InconvertibleSynonyms: unconvertible (adj), unexchangeable (adj), untransmutable (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: convertible (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Continuance in action | Adjective: continuing; Verb: uninterrupted, unintermitting, unvarying, unshifting; unreversed, unstopped, unrevoked, unvaried; sustained; undying; (perpetual); inconvertible. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Inconvertible |
| English words defined with "inconvertible": Inconvertibly ♦ untransmutable. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "inconvertible": inconvertible money. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Inconvertible" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (inconvertible), Spanish (inconvertible, unconvertible). |
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Economic History | Uzbekistan | Unfortunately, an inconvertible currency, restrictive trade practices, and a heavy layer of bureaucracy have deterred foreign investment and hampered economic growth. (references) |
Uzbekistan | While in theory this requirement applies only to individuals rather than corporate entities, in fact it prevents the entities from using their inconvertible soum to cover many expenses of their expatriate staff. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Inconvertible" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Inconvertible" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "inconvertible": inconvertible money. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
inconvertible | 11 |
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| Language | Translations for "inconvertible"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i pakonvertueshëm, i pakëmbyeshëm (unchangeable), fjalëpakë (chary, discreet, laconic, reticent, silent, taciturn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | غير قابل للتحويل للعملة المعدنية, غير قابل للتحويل لعملة أجنبية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | който не се поддава на промени, неразменяем, неконвертируем, необратим (irreversible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 不能转换. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nevymìnitelný. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sedler og skillemønt (bank notes, bills, fiduciary currency, fiduciary money, flat money, inconvertible money, paper currency, paper money, soft money), sedler og mønt (bank notes, bills, fiduciary currency, fiduciary money, flat money, inconvertible money, paper currency, paper money, soft money), pengeseddel (bank note, bank notes, banknote, bank-note, bills, fiduciary currency, fiduciary money, flat money, inconvertible money, paper currency, paper money, soft money), papirpenge (bank notes, bills, fiduciary currency, fiduciary money, flat money, inconvertible money, paper currency, paper money, soft money). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | papiergeld (bank notes, bills, fiduciary currency, fiduciary money, flat money, inconvertible money, paper currency, paper money, soft money), niet inwisselbaar papieren geld (inconvertible paper money, irredeemable money), niet converteerbaar papiergeld (inconvertible paper money, irredeemable money), fiduciair geld (bank notes, bills, fiduciary currency, fiduciary money, flat money, inconvertible money, paper currency, paper money, soft money), chartaal geld (bank notes, bills, fiduciary currency, fiduciary money, flat money, inconvertible money, notes and coins, paper currency, paper money, soft money), bankbiljetten (bank notes, bills, fiduciary currency, fiduciary money, flat money, inconvertible money, paper currency, paper money, soft money). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | seteliraha (bank notes, bills, fiduciary currency, fiduciary money, flat money, inconvertible money, paper currency, paper money, soft money), seteli (bank notes, bill, bills, fiduciary currency, fiduciary money, flat money, inconvertible money, note, paper currency, paper money, soft money), paperiraha (bank notes, bills, fiduciary currency, fiduciary money, flat money, inconvertible money, paper currency, paper money, soft money). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | inconvertible. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nicht verwandelbar (incontrovertible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μη μετατρέψιμοσ, αμετάτρεπτοσ (adamant, irreversible, set, unconvertible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לא תן ל"מר". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | konvertálhatatlan, átválthatatlan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | inconvertibile. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | inconvertibleay incómodo (ailment, annoyance, annoying, awkward, bumbling, cumbersome, cumbrous, discomfort, dreadful, heavy-laden, importune, incommodious, inconvenience, intrusive, left-hander, meddler, muff, nagging, nuisance, pesky, plaguy, ragtime, rush, shrill, thorn, tiresome, trouble, troublesome, uncomfortable, unhandy, untoward, unwelcome, vexatious, vexing, worrisome). (various references) neconvertibil. (various references) неразменный (incommutable), не подлежащий обмену (irredeemable). (various references) nepretvorljiv, nekonvertibilan. (various references) inconvertible (unconvertible). (various references) inte växlingsbar, inte utbytbar, inkonvertibel. (various references) paraya çevrilemez (non-negotiable, not negotiable, unnegotiable), konvertibl olmayan, değiştirilemez (inalterable, invariable, irrevocable, unalterable, unchangeable), bozulamaz (infrangible, inviolable, irrefrangible, unbreakable), altına çevrilemeyen. (various references) нерозмінний (incommutable, irredeemable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "inconvertible" (pronounced 'In`con*vert"i*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable, Affirmable, Affordable, Aggrandizable, Agible, Agitable, Agreeable, Alarmable, Alible, Alienable, Alkalifiable, Allegeable, Alliable, Allottable, Allowable, Alterable, Amassable, Ameliorable, Amenable, Amendable, Amerceable, Amiable, Amicable, Amissible, Amortizable, Amovable, Amusable, Analyzable, Anchorable, Annihilable, Annullable, Annunciable, Answerable, Appealable, Appeasable, Appellable, Appetible, Applausable, Appliable, Applicable, Appointable, Apposable, Appraisable, Appreciable, Apprehensible, Approachable, Appropriable, Approvable, Aptable, Arbitrable, Arguable, Argumentable, Ascendable, Ascendible, Ascertainable, Ascribable, Aspectable, Assailable, Assaultable, Assayable, Assessable, Assignable, Assimilable, Associable, Assumable, Atonable, Attachable, Attackable, Attainable, Attemptable, Attractable, Attributable, Augmentable, Authorizable, Available, Avertible, Avoidable, Avouchable, Avowable, Bailable, Balanceable, Bankable, Baptizable, Batable, Battable, Bauble, Bawble, Bearable, Bedabble, Bedrabble, Bedribble, Beggable, Behoovable, Bejumble, Believable, Bendable, Bequeathable, Bescribble, Betumble, Bewailable, Bibble-babble, bible, Biddable, Bipartible, Blamable, Boardable, Boatable, Borable, Bowable, Breakable, Breathable, Bribable, Burnable, Calcinable, Calculable, Capable, Carriable, Carriageable, Catchable, Causable, Censurable, Cessible, Challengeable, Chanceable, Changeable, Chargeable, Charitable, Chasable, Chastisable, Chasuble, Cheatable, Circulable, Circumnavigable, Circumscribable, Circumscriptible, Circumstantiable, Citable, Civilizable, Claimable, Classible, Classifiable, Cleansable, Cleavable, Clergyable, Climbable, Clubbable, Coagulable, Coctible, Coercible, Cogitable, Cognizable, Cognoscible, Cohesible, Collatable, Collectible, Colliquable, Colorable, Combatable, Combinable, Commandable, Commeasurable, Commemorable, Commendable, Commensurable, Commiserable, Committable, Committible, Commonable, Communicable, Commutable, Compactible, Companable, Companiable, Companionable, Comparable, Compassable, Compassionable, Compatible, Compellable, Competible, Complainable, Compliable, Comportable, Compossible, Compoundable, Comprehensible, Compressible, Comptible, Computable, Concealable, Conceivable, Conceptible, Conclusible, Concordable, Concrescible, Concupiscible, Condemnable, Condensable, Condensible, Conducible, Conductible, Conferrable, Confinable, Confirmable, Confiscable, Confluxible, Conformable, Confusable, Confutable, Congeable, Congealable, Conjecturable, Conquerable, Conscionable, Conservable, Considerable, Consolable, Consortable, Constable, Constrainable, Consumable, Containable, Contaminable, Contemptible, Conterminable, Contestable, Continuable, Contractible, Contradictable, Contributable, Contrivble, Controllable, Controvertible, Conusable, Conversable, Conversible, Convertible, Conveyable, Convict1ible, Convincible, Corbel-table, Correlatable, Corrigible, Corrodible, Corrosible, Corrumpable, Counselable, countable, Countermandable, Coupable, Covenable, Covetable, Creable, Creatable, Credible, Creditable, Criticisable, Crucible, Crummable, Crystallizable, Cullible, Culpable, Cultivable, Cultivatable, Culturable, Curable, Customable, Damageable, Damnable, Datable, Debatable, Deceivable, Deceptible, Decerptible, decidable, Decipherable, Declarable, Declinable, Decoctible, Decomposable, Decompoundable, Decreeable, Deducible, Deductible, Defatigable, Defeasible, Defectible, Defendable, Defensible, Definable, Deflagrable, Deflectable, Deleble, Delectable, Delightable, Delineable, Delitable, Deliverable, Deludable, Demandable, Demisable, Demonstrable, Demountable, Demurrable, Deniable, Denominable, Denotable, Departable, Depectible, Dependable, Depertible, Deplorable, Deposable, Deprecable, Depredable, Deprehensible, Deprivable, Deputable, Derivable, Descendible, Describable, Desiderable, Designable, Desirable, Despicable, Despisable, Destinable, Destroyable, Destructible, Detachable, Determinable, Detestable, Developable, Devisable, Devitable, Devourable, Diffusible, Digestible, Diggable, Dilatable, Dimble, Diminishable, Dirigible, Disadvantageable, Disagreeable, Disallowable, Discernible, Disciplinable, Discomfortable, Discommendable, Disconformable. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-e-i-i-l-n-n-o-r-t-v" | |
-2 letters: convertible. | |
-3 letters: invertible. | |
-4 letters: centriole, crinoline, evincible, incentive, interline, libertine, olivenite, reliction, ventricle. | |
-5 letters: bernicle, cenobite, coinvent, conniver, contrive, convener, coverlet, cretonne, election, electron, elicitor, ennobler, erection, evection, eviction, incenter, incliner, inventer, inventor, lenition, lenitive, neotenic, neoteric, nicotine, nitrolic, nonelect, nonelite, orective, overbite, overlent, overnice, reincite, reinvent, reinvite, verboten, vernicle, verticil, vibronic, vincible, violence. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-e-e-i-i-l-n-n-o-r-t-v" | |
+3 letters: incontrovertible, interconvertible. | |
+5 letters: inconvertibilities. | |
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HTML Code (1990) (references)I n c o n v e r t i b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0063 006F 006E 0076 0065 0072 0074 0069 0062 006C 0065 |
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