divisible
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Etymology edit
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From Middle English divisible, from Old French, from Late Latin divisibilis, from the verb Latin divido.
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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.
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Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "all meanings"): indivisible, non-divisible
- (antonym(s) of "capable of being divided"): combinable, mergeable, unifiable
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Translations edit
capable of being divided
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of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
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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[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC; 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, 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
Borrowed from Latin dīvīsibilis.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [di.βiˈzib.blə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [di.viˈzib.blə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [di.viˈzi.ble]
Adjective edit
divisible m or f (masculine and feminine plural divisibles)
- divisible (capable of being divided)
- Antonym: indivisible
- (arithmetic) divisible (of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder)
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Further reading edit
- “divisible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Late Latin divisibilis, from the verb Latin dividō.
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Adjective edit
divisible (plural divisibles)
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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
- IPA(key): /dibiˈsible/ [d̪i.β̞iˈsi.β̞le]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ible
- Syllabification: di‧vi‧si‧ble
Adjective edit
divisible m or f (masculine and feminine 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