divisible
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
| PIE word |
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| *dwóh₁ |
From Middle English divisible, from Old French, from Late Latin divisibilis, from the verb Latin divido.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
divisible (not comparable)
- Capable of being divided or split.
- (arithmetic) Of an integer, that, when divided by another integer, leaves no remainder.
- 12 is divisible by 3.
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
- (all meanings): indivisible, non-divisible
- (capable of being divided): combinable, mergeable, unifiable
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
capable of being divided
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of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
Noun[edit]
divisible (plural divisibles)
- Any substance that can be divided.
- 1661, Joseph Glanvill, chapter V, in The Vanity of Dogmatizing: Or Confidence in Opinions. […], London: […] E. C. for Henry Eversden […], OCLC 801399482; reprinted in The Vanity of Dogmatizing […] (Series III: Philosophy; 6), New York, N.Y.: For the Facsimile Text Society by Columbia University Press, 1931, OCLC 603189094, page 53:
- The compoſition of Bodies, whether it be of Diviſibles or Indiviſibles, is a queſtion which must be rank'd with the Indiſſolvibles: For though it hath been attempted by the moſt illuſtrious Wits of all Philoſophick Ages; yet they have done little elſe, but ſhewn their own diviſions to be almoſt as infinite, as ſome ſuppoſe thoſe of their Subject.
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin dīvīsibilis.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /di.viˈzi.blə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /di.biˈzi.blə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /di.viˈzi.ble/
Adjective[edit]
divisible (masculine and feminine plural divisibles)
- divisible (capable of being divided)
- Antonym: indivisible
- (arithmetic) divisible (of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “divisible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French, borrowed from Late Latin divisibilis, from the verb Latin divido.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
divisible (plural divisibles)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “divisible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin dīvīsibilis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
divisible (plural divisibles)
- divisible (capable of being divided)
- Antonym: indivisible
- (arithmetic) divisible (of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “divisible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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