reversible

Probably from Middle French, equivalent to reverse +‎ -ible.

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪbəl/

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reversible (not comparable)

1. Able to be reversed.
   • 1960 June, “Talking of Trains: Sunday on the G.N. line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 322:

     [...] the Welwyn bottleneck will be relaid with high-speed turnouts and resignalled for reversible working.

2. (of clothing) Able to be worn inside out.
3. (chemistry, of a chemical reaction) Capable of proceeding in either direction.
4. (physics, of a phase change) Capable of returning to the original state.
5. (thermodynamics) Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.
6. (law) Providing sufficient reason for a court decision to be overturned on appeal.

• irreversible

reversible (plural reversibles)

1. A garment that can be worn inside out.

• silver beer

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.βərˈsib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.vərˈsib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.veɾˈsi.ble]

reversible m or f (masculine and feminine plural reversibles)

1. reversible

• revers

• “reversible”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “reversible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “reversible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “reversible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

reversible

1. definite singular of reversibel
2. plural of reversibel

reversible

1. definite singular of reversibel
2. plural of reversibel

• IPA^(key): /rebeɾˈsible/ [re.β̞eɾˈsi.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: re‧ver‧si‧ble

reversible m or f (masculine and feminine plural reversibles)

1. reversible

• “reversible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024