solvable

English

Etymology

solve +‎ -able

Adjective

solvable

Capable of being solved.
a solvable problem
(archaic) Capable of being dissolved or liquefied.
(obsolete) Capable of being paid and discharged.
solvable obligations

(Can we find and add a quotation of Tooke to this entry?)
(obsolete) Able to pay one's debts; solvent.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Fuller to this entry?)

Synonyms

(capable of being solved): soluble
(capable of being dissolved): soluble

Antonyms

(capable of being solved): unsolvable, insolvable, insoluble
(capable of being dissolved): unsolvable, insolvable, insoluble

Translations

capable of being solved

Czech: řešitelný m
Finnish: ratkeava (fi)
French: résoluble (fr)
German: lösbar (de)
Hebrew: פתיר‎ m (Pathir)

Japanese: 解決できる (ja) (kaiketsu dekiru), 解ける (ja) (tokeru), 割り切れる (warikireru)
Romanian: plătibil (ro) m or n, solvabil (ro) m or n, solvabilă f
Spanish: soluble (es), solucionable
Swedish: lösbar (sv)

capable of being dissolved

Finnish: liukeneva (fi)
French: soluble (fr)
German: löslich (de)
Japanese: 溶かせる (tokaseru)

Romanian: solubil (ro) m or n (chim.), dizolvabil m or n, dizolvabilă f
Spanish: soluble (es)
Swedish: löslig (sv)

French

Etymology

From Latin solvere with -able.

Adjective

solvable (plural solvables)

solvent

Further reading

“solvable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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