solvent

English

Etymology

From French solvent, from Latin solventem, accusative singular of solvens, present participle of solvō. By surface analysis, solv(e) +‎ -ent.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒlvənt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (dialect, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔlvənt/
• (General American, cot–caught merger, Atlantic Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlvənt/
• (Canada, Boston, Maine) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒlvənt/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔlvənt/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒlvənt/, [ˈsɔ̟lvənt]

Noun

solvent (plural solvents)

1. A fluid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.

   Synonym: dissolver

   Antonym: solute

   Holonym: solution

   Hyponym: strong water

   Comeronym: solute

   • 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:

     Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.

2. That which resolves.

   Synonyms: resolver, solver; problemsolver

   • 1921, Anglo American Trade (volume 2? volume 17? page 270)

     It explains. And explanation is the true solvent of mystery.

Translations

liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute

• Afrikaans: oplosmiddel
• Basque: disolbatzaile
• Belarusian: рашчы́ньнік m (raščýnʹnik), раствара́льнік m (rastvarálʹnik)
• Bulgarian: разтвори́тел m (raztvorítel)
• Catalan: dissolvent, solvent
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 溶劑 / 溶剂 (jung⁴ zai¹)

  Mandarin: 溶劑 / 溶剂 (zh) (róngjì)

• Danish: opløsningsmiddel
• Dutch: oplosmiddel (nl)
• Finnish: liuotin (fi)
• French: solvant (fr) m
• German: Lösemittel n, Lösungsmittel (de) n, Solvens (de) n
• Greek: διαλύτης (el) m (dialýtis)
• Hawaiian: ʻūheheʻe
• Hungarian: oldószer (hu)
• Italian: solvente (it) m
• Japanese: 溶媒 (ja) (ようばい, yōbai), 溶剤 (ja) (ようざい, yōzai)
• Korean: 용매(溶媒) (yongmae)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: tîwêner, madeya tîwêner f

• Latvian: šķīdinātājs m
• Malayalam: ലായകം (lāyakaṁ)
• Māori: tāmeha, waimemeha
• Norwegian: løysemiddel n, solvent m

  Bokmål: løsemiddel f, løsningsmiddel n

  Nynorsk: løysingsmiddel f or n

• Persian: حلال (fa) sg (hallāl), حل‌کننده sg (halkonande)
• Polish: rozpuszczalnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: solvente (pt) m
• Romanian: solvent (ro) m, dizolvant (ro) m
• Russian: раствори́тель (ru) m (rastvorítelʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: otapalo (sh) n, rastvarač (sh) n
• Spanish: disolvente (es) m
• Swedish: lösningsmedel (sv) n
• Tagalog: panlusaw
• Thai: สารละลาย (th) (sǎan-lá-laai)
• Turkish: çözücü (tr)
• Ukrainian: розчи́нник m (rozčýnnyk)
• Vietnamese: dung môi (vi)
• Welsh: hydoddydd m

Adjective

solvent (not comparable)

1. (finance) Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.

   Antonyms: insolvent, in the red

   Near-synonyms: above water, in the black

2. Having the power of dissolving; causing solution.

   Synonym: dissolvent

   • 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 June 2017:

     Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident.

Translations

able to pay all debts

• Basque: kaudimendun
• Belarusian: плацежаздо́льны (placježazdólʹny)
• Bulgarian: платежоспосо́бен (bg) (platežosposóben)
• Czech: solventní
• Esperanto: solventa
• Finnish: maksukykyinen, vakavarainen (fi)
• French: solvable (fr)
• German: solvent (de), zahlungsfähig (de), liquid (de), flüssig (de)
• Greek: διαλυτικός (el) m (dialytikós)
• Hungarian: fizetőképes (hu), tőkeerős (hu)
• Italian: solvibile (it)
• Polish: wypłacalny
• Portuguese: solvente (pt) m or f
• Romanian: solvabil (ro)
• Russian: платёжеспосо́бный (ru) (platjožesposóbnyj)
• Spanish: solvente (es)
• Swedish: solvent (sv)
• Ukrainian: платоспромо́жний (platospromóžnyj)

See also

• acidic

Derived terms

• antisolvent
• biosolvent
• cash solvent
• cosolvent
• cryosolvent
• desolventizing
• nonsolvent
• plumbosolvent
• protosolvent
• solvency
• solvent abuse
• solvent abuser
• solvent extraction
• solventless
• solvently
• solventogenesis
• solventogenic
• solventproof
• Stoddard solvent
• unisolvent
• universal solvent

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔlv/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

solvent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of soudre

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin solvens. In German possibly a backformation from insolvent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɔlˈvɛnt/

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

solvent (strong nominative masculine singular solventer, comparative solventer, superlative am solventesten)

1. (finance) solvent

   Synonyms: zahlungsfähig, zahlungskräftig, liquide, flüssig

   Antonyms: insolvent, zahlungsunfähig, illiquide

Declension

Positive forms of solvent number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist solvent sie ist solvent es ist solvent sie sind solvent strong declension (without article) nominative solventer solvente solventes solvente genitive solventen solventer solventen solventer dative solventem solventer solventem solventen accusative solventen solvente solventes solvente weak declension (with definite article) nominative der solvente die solvente das solvente die solventen genitive des solventen der solventen des solventen der solventen dative dem solventen der solventen dem solventen den solventen accusative den solventen die solvente das solvente die solventen mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein solventer eine solvente ein solventes (keine) solventen genitive eines solventen einer solventen eines solventen (keiner) solventen dative einem solventen einer solventen einem solventen (keinen) solventen accusative einen solventen eine solvente ein solventes (keine) solventen Comparative forms of solvent number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist solventer sie ist solventer es ist solventer sie sind solventer strong declension (without article) nominative solventerer solventere solventeres solventere genitive solventeren solventerer solventeren solventerer dative solventerem solventerer solventerem solventeren accusative solventeren solventere solventeres solventere weak declension (with definite article) nominative der solventere die solventere das solventere die solventeren genitive des solventeren der solventeren des solventeren der solventeren dative dem solventeren der solventeren dem solventeren den solventeren accusative den solventeren die solventere das solventere die solventeren mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein solventerer eine solventere ein solventeres (keine) solventeren genitive eines solventeren einer solventeren eines solventeren (keiner) solventeren dative einem solventeren einer solventeren einem solventeren (keinen) solventeren accusative einen solventeren eine solventere ein solventeres (keine) solventeren Superlative forms of solvent number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist am solventesten sie ist am solventesten es ist am solventesten sie sind am solventesten strong declension (without article) nominative solventester solventeste solventestes solventeste genitive solventesten solventester solventesten solventester dative solventestem solventester solventestem solventesten accusative solventesten solventeste solventestes solventeste weak declension (with definite article) nominative der solventeste die solventeste das solventeste die solventesten genitive des solventesten der solventesten des solventesten der solventesten dative dem solventesten der solventesten dem solventesten den solventesten accusative den solventesten die solventeste das solventeste die solventesten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein solventester eine solventeste ein solventestes (keine) solventesten genitive eines solventesten einer solventesten eines solventesten (keiner) solventesten dative einem solventesten einer solventesten einem solventesten (keinen) solventesten accusative einen solventesten eine solventeste ein solventestes (keine) solventesten

Related terms

• Solvenz

Further reading

• “solvent” in Duden online
• “solvent”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)

Latin

Verb

solvent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of solvō

Maltese

Alternative forms

• solventi

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solvente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔlˈvɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

solvent (feminine singular solventa, plural solventi)

1. solvent

   Antonym: insolventi

Related terms

• insolventi
• insolvenza
• insolvibbli
• insolvibilità
• soluzzjoni
• solva
• solventi
• solvibbli
• solvibilità

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French solvant.

Adjective

solvent m or n (feminine singular solventă, masculine plural solvenți, feminine/neuter plural solvente)

1. solvent

Declension

Declension of solvent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	solvent		solventă	solvenți	solvente
	definite	solventul		solventa	solvenții	solventele
genitive- dative	indefinite	solvent		solvente	solvenți	solvente
	definite	solventului		solventei	solvenților	solventelor

Swedish

Adjective

solvent (not comparable)

1. (finance) solvent

Declension

Inflection of solvent

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	solvent	—	—
neuter singular	solvent	—	—
plural	solventa	—	—
masculine plural2	solvente	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	solvente	—	—
all	solventa	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

See also

• solvens

References

• “solvent”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “solvent”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “solvent”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)