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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-solvable.wav
Etymology: From solve + -able. Piecewise doublet of soluble. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*lewh₁-}}, {{suffix|en|solve|able}} solve + -able, {{piecewise doublet|en|soluble}} Piecewise doublet of soluble Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} solvable
  1. Capable of being solved. Synonyms: soluble Translations (capable of being solved): լուծելի (luceli) (Armenian), řešitelný [masculine] (Czech), solvebla (Esperanto), ratkeava (Finnish), liukeneva (Finnish), résoluble (French), soluble (French), lösbar (German), löslich (German), פתיר (Pathir) [masculine] (Hebrew), megoldható (Hungarian), megfejthető (Hungarian), 解決できる (kaiketsu dekiru) (Japanese), 解ける (tokeru) (Japanese), 割り切れる (warikireru) (Japanese), 溶かせる (tokaseru) (Japanese), solúvel (Portuguese), plătibil [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), solvabil [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), solvabilă [feminine] (Romanian), solubil (chim.) [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), dizolvabil [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), dizolvabilă [feminine] (Romanian), soluble (Spanish), solucionable (Spanish), lösbar (Swedish), löslig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-solvable-en-adj-xJdUv8Gc Disambiguation of 'capable of being solved': 76 11 2 11
  2. (obsolete) Capable of being dissolved or liquefied. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: soluble
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  3. (obsolete) Able to pay one's debts. Tags: obsolete Synonyms: solvent
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  4. (obsolete, rare) Capable of being paid and discharged. Tags: obsolete, rare
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: solvible [obsolete] Derived forms: solvable group, solvableness, insolvable, unsolvable Related terms: solvability

Adjective [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-solvable.wav Forms: solvables [plural]
Etymology: From Latin solvere with -able. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{fr-adj}} solvable (plural solvables)
  1. solvent

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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