divisible

English

Etymology

Old French, from Latin divisibilis, from the verb divido.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [dɪˈvɪzɪbəɫ]

Adjective

divisible ‎(not comparable)

1. Capable of being divided or split.
2. (arithmetic) Of an integer, that, when divided by another integer, leaves no remainder.

   12 is divisible by 3.

Translations

Capable of being divided

• Bulgarian: делим (bg) ‎(delim)
• Czech: dělitelný
• Danish: delelig
• Dutch: deelbaar (nl)
• Finnish: jaollinen (fi)
• French: divisible (fr)
• Georgian: დაყოფადი ‎(daq̇opadi), გაყოფადი ‎(gaq̇opadi), დანაწილებადი ‎(danac̣ilebadi)
• German: teilbar (de)
• Greek: διαιρετός (el) ‎(diairetós)
• Greenlandic: agguarneqarsinnaasoq
• Hungarian: osztható (hu)

• Icelandic: deilanlegur m
• Italian: divisibile (it)
• Japanese: 分割できる (ja) ‎(bunkatsu dekiru), 割れる (ja) ‎(wareru), 分けられる ‎(wakerareru), 可分の (ja) ‎(kabun no)
• Polish: podzielny
• Portuguese: divisível (pt)
• Romanian: divizibil (ro) m
• Russian: дели́мый (ru) ‎(delímyj)
• Spanish: divisible (es)
• Swedish: delbar (sv)
• Tagalog: mahahati

Of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder

• Bulgarian: делим (bg) ‎(delim)
• Czech: dělitelný
• Danish: delelig
• Dutch: deelbaar (nl)
• Finnish: jaollinen (fi)
• French: divisible (fr)
• German: teilbar (de)
• Greek: διαιρετός (el) ‎(diairetós)
• Greenlandic: agguarneqarsinnaasoq
• Hungarian: osztható (hu)

• Icelandic: deilanlegur m
• Japanese: 割り切れる ‎(warikireru)
• Polish: podzielny
• Portuguese: divisível (pt)
• Romanian: divizibil (ro) m
• Russian: дели́мый (ru) ‎(delímyj)
• Spanish: divisible (es)
• Swedish: delbar (sv)
• Tagalog: mahahati

Related terms

• divisibility
• indivisible
• separable

Synonyms

• disunitable
• splittable

Antonyms

• (all meanings): indivisible
• (capable of being divided): combinable, mergeable, unifiable

Noun

divisible ‎(plural divisibles)

1. Any substance that can be divided.
   • Joseph Glanvill

     The composition of Bodies, whether it be of Divisibles or Indivisibles, is a question which must be rank'd with the Indissolvibles […]

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French

Etymology

Latin divisibilis, from the verb divido.

Adjective

divisible m, f ‎(plural divisibles)

1. divisible

Derived terms

• divisibilité

External links

• “divisible” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).