solvent

English

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Etymology

From French solvent, from Latin solventem (nominative: solvens, present participle of solvere).

Noun

Wikipedia solvent (plural solvents)

1. A liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
2. That which resolves.

   a solvent of mystery

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Translations

liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute

• Basque: disolbatzaile (eu)
• Bulgarian: разтворител (bg) (raztvorítel) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 溶劑 (cmn), 溶剂 (cmn) (róngjì)

• Danish: opløsningsmiddel (da)
• Dutch: oplosmiddel (nl)
• Finnish: liuotin (fi)
• French: solvant (fr) m
• German: Lösemittel (de), Lösungsmittel (de) n

• Greek: διαλύτης (el) (dialýtis) m and n
• Italian: solvente (it) m
• Japanese: 溶媒 (ja) (ようばい, yōbai), 溶剤 (ja) (ようざい, yōzai)
• Polish: rozpuszczalnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: solvente (pt) m
• Russian: растворитель (ru) (rastvorítelʹ) m
• Spanish: disolvente (es) m
• Swedish: lösningsmedel (sv) n
• Turkish: çözücü (tr)

Adjective

solvent (not comparable)

1. Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.
2. having the power of dissolving; causing solution.

Antonyms

• insolvent

Translations

able to pay all debts

• Basque: kaudimendun (eu)
• Bulgarian: платежоспособен (bg) (platežosposóben)
• Czech: solventní (cs)
• Esperanto: solventa (eo)
• Finnish: maksukykyinen (fi), vakavarainen (fi)
• French: solvable (fr)

• German: solvent (de), zahlungsfähig (de), liquid (de), flüssig (de)
• Italian: solvibile (it)
• Portuguese: solvente (pt) m and f
• Russian: платёжеспособный (ru) (platjóžesposóbnyj)
• Spanish: solvente (es)

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Adjective

solvent

1. (finance) solvent

Synonyms

• zahlungsfähig

Antonyms

• insolvent

Related terms

• Solvenz

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Latin

Verb

solvent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of solvō