divisible

English

Etymology

PIE word
*dwóh₁

From Middle English divisible, from Old French, from Late Latin divisibilis, from the verb Latin divido.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): [dɪˈvɪzɪbəɫ]
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

divisible (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being divided or split.
    Synonyms: dividable, splittable, partible
    Antonyms: indivisible, nondivisible, undividable
    Hyponym: evenly divisible
    Coordinate terms: combinable, mergeable, unifiable
    Near-synonyms: separable, separatable
    1. (arithmetic) Of an integer, that, when divided by another integer, results in another integer still, thus leaving no remainder.
      Synonym: evenly divisible
      Antonyms: indivisible, nondivisible
      Just as 12 is divisible by 3, so is 48 divisible by 12.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

divisible (plural divisibles)

  1. 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, 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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīvīsibilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

divisible m or f (masculine and feminine plural divisibles)

  1. divisible (capable of being divided)
    Antonym: indivisible
  2. (arithmetic) divisible (of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder)
  • divisibilitat

Further reading

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Late Latin divisibilis, from the verb Latin dividō.

Pronunciation

Adjective

divisible (plural divisibles)

  1. divisible

Derived terms

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dīvīsibilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dibiˈsible/ [d̪i.β̞iˈsi.β̞le]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ible
  • Syllabification: di‧vi‧si‧ble

Adjective

divisible m or f (masculine and feminine plural divisibles)

  1. divisible (capable of being divided)
    Antonym: indivisible
  2. (arithmetic) divisible (of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder)

Derived terms

Further reading