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English
Etymology
1765 as noun, 1818 as adjective, from Medieval Latin fungibilis, from Latin fungor (“I perform, I discharge a duty”) (English function) + -ible (“able to”). Originally a legal term,[1] going back to Roman law: res fungibilis (“replaceable things”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
fungible (comparative more fungible, superlative most fungible)
- (finance and commerce) Able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility.
- Synonyms: interchangeable, exchangeable, replaceable.
- Antonym: nonfungible
1649, Antony Ascham, Of the confusions and revolutions of governments, page 30:Take away this fungible instrument from the service of our necessities and how shall we exercise our Charity, which is a branch of Religion and Justice, as well as of Humanity?
1876, , 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”, in 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.
2013, Johanna Rothman, Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds:However, unless you are unique among technical organizations and have fungible staff members who can easily replace each other, you'll need to augment the standardized description with your needs for this particular position.
Derived terms
Translations
able to be substituted for something of equal value
- Armenian: փոխարինելի (hy) (pʻoxarineli)
- Asturian: funxible
- Bulgarian: взаимозамени́м (vzaimozamením)
- Catalan: fungible
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Czech: zaměnitelný, směnitelný
- Danish: fungibel
- Dutch: vervangbaar (nl), fungibel
- Finnish: vaihtokelpoinen, vaihdettava (fi), laji-, fungiibeli (fi)
- French: fongible (fr)
- Galician: funxíbel (gl)
- German: fungibel (de), vertretbar (de) (legal jargon)
- Hungarian: helyettesíthető (hu), felcserélhető (hu)
- Icelandic: jafngengur, útskiptanlegur
- Italian: fungibile
- Macedonian: вое́дначен (voédnačen), за́менлив (zámenliv)
- Norwegian: fungibel
- Polish: zamienny (pl), zamienialny, wymienialny (pl), wymienny (pl)
- Portuguese: fungível (pt)
- Romanian: fungibil (ro)
- Russian: взаимозамени́мый (ru) (vzaimozamenímyj), взаимозаменя́емый (ru) (vzaimozamenjájemyj), замени́мый (ru) (zamenímyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: co-mhalairteach
- Sicilian: funcìbbili
- Slovak: nahraditeľný
- Spanish: fungible (es)
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Noun
fungible (plural fungibles)
- (chiefly in the plural) Any fungible item.
- Antonym: nonfungible
2005, Alison Clarke, Paul Kohler, Property Law, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 52:The archetypical fungible is money: if I drop a £1 coin in the street it is a matter of indifference to me whether I pick up that coin or another £1 coin lying next to it.
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin fungibilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fungible m or f (masculine and feminine plural fungibles)
- fungible
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German
Pronunciation
Adjective
fungible
- inflection of fungibel:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin fungī (“to perform”). Cognate with fungible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /funˈxible/
- Rhymes: -ible
- Syllabification: fun‧gi‧ble
Adjective
fungible m or f (masculine and feminine plural fungibles)
- fungible, expendable, consumable (exchangeable)
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