invertible

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English invert

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ibilis

Old French -ibleder.

Middle English -ible

English -ible

English invertible

From invert + -ible.

Adjective

invertible (not comparable)

1. Capable of being inverted or turned.
2. (mathematics, especially of a function or matrix) Able to be inverted, having an inverse.
3. (chemistry) Capable of being changed or converted.

   invertible sugar

Derived terms

• invertibility
• invertible matrix
• noninvertible
• uninvertible

Translations

(mathematics) which has an inverse

• Arabic: عَكُوْسَة (ʕakuwsa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可逆的 (ke ni de)

• Dutch: inverteerbaar
• Finnish: kääntyvä (fi)
• French: inversible (fr) m or f
• German: invertierbar
• Hungarian: invertálható (hu)
• Portuguese: invertível
• Spanish: invertible (es)
• Swedish: inverterbar (sv)

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *wértetor

Proto-Italic *wertō

Latin vertō

Latin inverterebor.

Spanish invertir

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ibilis

Spanish -ible

Spanish invertible

From invertir + -ible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imbeɾˈtible/ [ĩm.beɾˈt̪i.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: in‧ver‧ti‧ble

Adjective

invertible m or f (masculine and feminine plural invertibles)

1. invertible

Further reading

• “invertible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025