dissolution

English

Etymology

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From Old French dissolution, from Latin dissolūtiō (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsəˈl(j)uːʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -uːʃən

Noun

dissolution (countable and uncountable, plural dissolutions)

1. the termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal

   Synonym: abolition

   Antonyms: establishment, foundation

2. disintegration, or decomposition into fragments
3. dissolving, or going into solution
4. the quality of being dissolute

   He led a life of dissolution, drinking and gambling almost daily.

Translations

termination of an organized body or legislative assembly

• Bulgarian: разпускане (bg) n (razpuskane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 解散 (zh) (jiěsàn)

• Czech: rozpuštění n
• Finnish: hajottaminen (fi)
• French: dissolution (fr) f
• German: Auflösung (de) f
• Indonesian: pembubaran (id)
• Japanese: 解体 (ja) (kaitai), 解散 (ja) (kaisan), 廃止 (ja) (haishi)
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• Latin: dissolūtiō f, interitus m
• Persian: فروپاشی (fa) (forupâši)
• Polish: rozwiązanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: dissolução (pt) f
• Romanian: dizolvare (ro) f
• Russian: ро́спуск (ru) m (róspusk) (by an outside agent), распа́д (ru) m (raspád) (by itself)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgaoileadh m
• Spanish: disolución (es), desintegración (es) f
• Swedish: upplösning (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagbuwag, pagkabuwag
• Tajik: фурӯпошӣ (tg) (furüpošī)

dissolving, or going into solution

• Bulgarian: разтваряне n (raztvarjane)
• Czech: rozpuštění n
• Finnish: liukeneminen (fi)
• French: dissolution (fr) f
• German: Auflösung (de) f
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• Indonesian: pelarutan (id)
• Romanian: dizolvare (ro) f, disoluție (ro) f, descompunere (ro) f
• Russian: растворе́ние (ru) n (rastvorénije)
• Swedish: upplösning (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} dissolution (fr) f
• Galician: ^{(please verify)} disolución (gl) f
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} disolución (es) f

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French

Etymology

From Latin dissolūtiōnem (accusative of dissolūtiō).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

dissolution f (plural dissolutions)

1. dissolution

Further reading

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