Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dissolvable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
dis-solv-able
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being dissolved.

noun

Something that can be dissolved, especially a form of tobacco that dissolves in the mouth instead of being chewed.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English dissolve Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dissolvable From dissolve + -able.

Inflected Forms

more dissolvable (comparative) most dissolvable (superlative) dissolvables (plural)

Derived Forms

dissolvableness indissolvable nondissolvable undissolvable

Synonyms

dissoluble soluble

Antonyms

undissolvable indissoluble insoluble

Questions

What does dissolvable mean?
Capable of being dissolved.
Where does dissolvable come from?
Etymology tree English dissolve Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dissolvable From dissolve + -able.

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