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Fungible: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Fungible adjective. Interchangeable with any other item of the same kind, as one pound coin is with another.
How to say it
FUN-jih-bul/ˈfʌn(d)ʒɪb(ə)l/
3 syllables, stressed on the first (FUN).
Fungible in a sentence
Money is fungible: a grant for books frees up cash for everything else.
Barrels of oil are fungible, but paintings never are.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- interchangeable
- exchangeable
- substitutable
Opposite:
- unique
- distinctive
Where fungible comes from
From Medieval Latin fungibilis, from fungi, to perform, in the sense of serving in place of another.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
Barrels of oil are _____, but paintings never are.
- indigent
- parsimonious
- fungible
Show the answer
fungible: Barrels of oil are fungible, but paintings never are.