solution

English

Wikipedia

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

Antonyms

• problem

Translations

liquid mixture

Bosnian: rastvor (bs) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 溶液 (cmn) (róngyè (PRC) or róngyì (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. Malayalam: ലായനി (laayani)

Polish: roztwór (pl) m. Romanian: soluție (ro) f. Russian: раствор (ru) (rastvór) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: раствор m. Roman: rastvor m. Slovak: roztok (sk) m. Spanish: solución (es) f. Swahili: suluhu (sw) Swedish: lösning (sv) c. Telugu: ద్రావణం (draavaNaM) Welsh: toddiant, hydoddiant

answer to a problem

Arabic: حل (ar) (Hall) m. Bosnian: rješenje (bs) n. 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. 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. Serbian: 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

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• IPA: /sɔ.ly.sjɔ̃/, 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