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English
Etymology
From Latin dissolubilis, itself from dissolvere (“to dissolve”) (from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to solve”) + -bilis (“-able”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
dissoluble (comparative more dissoluble, superlative most dissoluble)
- Which can be dissolved or disintegrated.
- Synonyms: dissolvable, soluble, dissolvent; disintegrative
- Antonyms: undissolvable, indissoluble, insoluble
- Coordinate term: solvent
1695, John Woodward, “Part IV. Of the Origin and Formation of Metalls and Minerals.”, in An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth: And Terrestrial Bodies, Especially Minerals: , London: Ric Wilkin , →OCLC, page 220:he Pebles, Pyritæ, Amber, or other like Nodules, vvhich happened to be repoſed in thoſe Cliffs, amongſt the Earth ſo beaten dovvn, being hard, and not ſo diſſoluble, and likevviſe more bulky and ponderous, are left behind upon the Shores, being impeded, and ſecured, by that their bulk and vveight, from being born along vvith the Terreſtrial Matter into the Sea.
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Translations
which can be dissolved or disintegrated
French
Etymology
From Latin dissolubilis, itself from dissolvere (“to dissolve”) (from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to solve”) + -bilis (“-able”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
dissoluble (plural dissolubles)
- dissolvent, which can be dissolved
- Synonym: solluble
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