dissoluble

From Latin dissolubilis, itself from dissolvere (“to dissolve”) (from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to solve”) + -bilis (“-able”).

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dissoluble (comparative more dissoluble, superlative most dissoluble)

1. 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[hard] Wilkin […], →OCLC, page 220:

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• indissoluble

From Latin dissolubilis, itself from dissolvere (“to dissolve”) (from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to solve”) + -bilis (“-able”).

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dissoluble (plural dissolubles)

1. dissolvent, which can be dissolved

   Synonym: solluble

• dissolubilité
• dissolution
• dissoudre

• “dissoluble”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.