fungible

English

WOTD - 27 June 2009    

Etymology

From Latin fungor "discharge a duty" and -ible "able to".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈfʌn.dʒɪ.b(ə)l/

Adjective

fungible (comparative more fungible, superlative most fungible)

1. (finance and commerce) Able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility; interchangeable, exchangeable.
   • 1876 [1877], Samuel Dana Horton, Silver and Gold and Their Relation to the Problem of Resumption, page 116:

     Gold is fungible. Silver is fungible; that is, these metals are both so homogeneous that, if I get a pound of pure gold, for example, it is indifferent to me whether it be this pound or that pound, one is as good as another

   • 2011, Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, London Review of Books, XXXIII.9:

     At the core of Kasarda’s conception of the aerotropolis lies the notion that space – unlike time – is fungible.

Translations

able to be substituted for something of equal value

Armenian: փոխարինելի (hy) (p’oxarineli) Bulgarian: взаимозаменим (bg) (vzaimozamením) Catalan: fungible (ca) Czech: zaměnitelný (cs) Danish: Fungibel (da), austauschbar (de) French: fongible (fr)

Hungarian: helyettesíthető (hu), felcserélhető (hu) Macedonian: воедначен (mk) (voédnačen) m., заменлив (mk) (zámenliv) m. Portuguese: substituível (pt), fungível (pt) m. Russian: взаимозаменимый (ru) (vzaimozamenímyj), взаимозаменяемый (ru) (vzaimozamenjáemyj), заменимый (ru) (zamenímyj) Scottish Gaelic: co-mhalairteach (gd)

Noun

fungible (plural fungibles)

1. (chiefly plural) Any fungible item.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fungor (“discharge a duty”) +‎ -ible.

Adjective

fungible m. and f. (plural fungibles)

1. fungible