solute

See also: soluté

English

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin solutus.

Adjective

solute (comparative more solute, superlative most solute)

1. Loose; free; liberal

   a solute interpretation

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2. Relaxed, hence, merry; cheerful
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     A brow solute, and ever-laughing eye.

3. Able to be dissolved; soluble

   a solute salt

4. (botany) Not adhering; loose; opposed to adnate

   a solute stipule

Translations

loose

• Finnish: löysä (fi), löyhä (fi)
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Noun

solute (plural solutes)

1. Any substance that is dissolved in a liquid solvent to create a solution

Translations

substance that is dissolved in a solvent

• Catalan: solut (ca) m
• Dutch: opgeloste stof
• Finnish: liuotettava aine
• French: soluté (fr) m
• Hungarian: oldott anyag (hu)
• Italian: soluto (it) m
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• Maori: matūmeha
• Occitan: solut m
• Portuguese: soluto (pt) m
• Spanish: soluto (es) m
• Tagalog: nilusaw, lulusawin
• Turkish: çözünen (tr)

Verb

1. (obsolete) To dissolve.

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2. (obsolete) To absolve.

   to solute sin

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Anagrams

• lutose, tousel, tousle

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Latin

Adjective

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1. vocative masculine singular of solūtus

References

• “solute”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “solute”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• solute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.