solution

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /səˈluːʃən/

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• Rhymes: -uːʃən

Etymology

From Old French solucion (French: solution).

Noun

Wikipedia solution (plural solutions)

1. A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
2. An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
3. The answer to a problem.
   • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 5, The Hocussing of Cigarette^[1]:

     Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.

4. (marketing buzzword) A product, service or suite thereof.
5. (law) Satisfaction of a claim or debt.

Antonyms

• problem

Translations

liquid mixture

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溶液 (cmn) (róngyè (PRC) or óngyì (Taiwan))

• Czech: roztok (cs) m
• Dutch: oplossing (nl) f
• Finnish: liuos (fi)
• French: solution (fr) f
• German: Lösung (de) f
• Greek: διάλυμα (el) (diályma) n
• Hebrew: תמיסה (he) (tmisa) f
• Hungarian: oldat (hu)
• Italian: soluzione (it) f
• Malay: larutan (ms)
• Malayalam: ലായനി (laayani)
• Polish: roztwór (pl) m

• Romanian: soluție (ro) f
• Russian: раствор (ru) (rastvór) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: раствор m

  Roman: rastvor m

• Slovak: roztok (sk) m
• Spanish: solución (es) f
• Swahili: suluhu (sw)
• Swedish: lösning (sv) c
• Telugu: ద్రావణం (draavaNaM)
• Turkish: çözelti (tr), solüsyon (tr), eriyik (tr)
• Welsh: toddiant, hydoddiant

An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.

• Georgian: გამოსავალი (ka) (gamosavali)

answer to a problem (mathematics)

• Arabic: حل (ar) (Hall) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 解答 (jiědá), 答案 (dáàn), 方法 (fāngfǎ)

• Czech: řešení (cs) n
• Dutch: oplossing (nl) f
• Esperanto: solvo (eo)
• Estonian: lahendus
• Finnish: ratkaisu (fi)
• French: solution (fr) f
• German: Lösung (de) f
• Greek: λύση (el) (lýsi) f
• Hebrew: פתרון (he) (pitron) m
• Hungarian: megoldás (hu)
• Icelandic: útkoma (is) f
• Ido: solvo
• Italian: soluzione (it) f
• Japanese: 解答 (ja) (かいとう, kaitō), 解決 (ja) (かいけつ, kaiketsu), 解法 (ja) (かいほう, kaihō)
• Kurdish: çare (ku) f, hel (ku) f, havil (ku) f, çareserî (ku) f

• Malay: jalan penyelesaian (ms)
• Malayalam: പരിഹാരം (parihaaram)
• Polish: rozwiązanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: solução (pt) f
• Romanian: soluție (ro) f, rezultat n; soluționare (ro) f, rezolvare (ro) f
• Russian: решение (ru) (rešénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: fuasgladh (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: решење n

  Roman: rešenje n

• Slovak: riešenie n
• Slovene: rešitev (sl) f
• Spanish: solución (es) f
• Swahili: suluhu (sw)
• Swedish: lösning (sv) c
• Telugu: పరిష్కారం (parishkaaraM)
• Turkish: çözüm (tr)
• Welsh: datrys (v.), datrysiad, ateb (n.) (final solution = ) yr ateb terfynol

satisfaction of a claim or debt

• Finnish: hyvitys (fi)
• Greek: λύση (el) (lýsi) f
• Italian: risoluzione f (of a claim); pagamento m, soluzione f (of a debt)

• Swahili: suluhu (sw)
• Telugu: ద్రావణం (Pariharam)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɔ.ly.sjɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /sO.ly.sjO~/

Etymology

From Latin solūtiōnem, accusative singular of solūtiō (“loosening, unfastening; solution, explanation”).

Noun

solution f (plural solutions)

1. solution
2. liquid mix

Derived terms

• solutionner