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Convertible from English to French, say
Answer for the clue "Convertible from English to French, say ", 12 letters:
translatable
Word definitions for translatable in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Capable of being translated into another language. 2 Capable of being translated from one context or environment to another.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Translatable \Trans*lat"a*ble\, a. Capable of being translated, or rendered into another language.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. capable of being put into another form or style or language; "substances readily translatable to the American home table"; "his books are eminently translatable" [ant: untranslatable ] capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy; "is lead ...
Usage examples of translatable.
The translator tapes, incidentally, are approximately the same size, but this is no help, since the tapes represent pairings of approximate equivelants, and there are several English morphemes not translatable into the language of Priest-Kings, and, as I learned, morphemes in their language for which no English equivelants exist.
But before she could finish telling him about John, his wife and kids, his career as a fireman, his penchant for barbecues and beach volleyball, and their family traditions, hoping that some of it at least would be translatable from a cultural standpoint, the boy Christopher raced past and tripped over Kà.
The translator tapes, incidentally, are approximately the same size, but this is no help, since the tapes represent pairings of approximate equivalents, and there are several English morphemes not translatable into the language of Priest-Kings, and as I learned, morphemes in their language for which no English equivalents exist.
I dwelled on these fantasies because I said to myself (or, rather, did not say: at that moment I did not formulate thoughts translatable into words) that if the whole world is destined to speak to me of the power, goodness, and wisdom of the Creator, and if that morning the whole world spoke to me of the girl, who (sinner though she may have been) was nevertheless a chapter in the great book of creation, a verse of the great psalm chanted by the cosmos—I said to myself (I say now) that if this occurred, it could only be a part of the great theophanic design that sustains the universe, arranged like a lyre, miracle of consonance and harmony.