divisible

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)

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Adjective

divisible (not comparable)

1. Capable of being divided or split.
2. (arithmetic) Of an integer, that, when divided by another integer, leaves no remainder.

   12 is divisible by 3.

Synonyms

• disunitable
• splittable

Antonyms

• (all meanings): indivisible, non-divisible
• (capable of being divided): combinable, mergeable, unifiable

Derived terms

• evenly divisible
• polydivisible

 

Related terms

• divisibility
• separable

Translations

capable of being divided

Bulgarian: делим (bg) (delim) Catalan: divisible (ca) Czech: dělitelný Danish: delelig Dutch: deelbaar (nl) Finnish: jaollinen (fi) French: divisible (fr) Georgian: დაყოფადი (daq̇opadi), გაყოფადი (gaq̇opadi), დანაწილებადი (danac̣ilebadi) German: teilbar (de), dividierbar Greek: διαιρετός (el) (diairetós) Ancient: μεριστός (meristós) Greenlandic: agguarneqarsinnaasoq Hungarian: osztható (hu), felosztható, felbontható, bontható Icelandic: deilanlegur Italian: divisibile (it) Japanese: 分割できる (ja) (bunkatsu dekiru), 割れる (ja) (wareru), 分けられる (wakerareru), 可分の (ja) (kabun no) Latin: divisibilis Polish: podzielny (pl) Portuguese: divisível (pt) Romanian: divizibil (ro) Russian: дели́мый (ru) (delímyj) Spanish: divisible (es) Swedish: delbar (sv) Tagalog: mahahati Turkish: bölünebilir (tr), taksim edilebilir (dated)

of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder

Bulgarian: делим (bg) (delim) Catalan: divisible (ca) Czech: dělitelný Danish: delelig Dutch: deelbaar (nl) Finnish: jaollinen (fi) French: divisible (fr) German: teilbar (de) Greek: διαιρετός (el) (diairetós) Greenlandic: agguarneqarsinnaasoq Hungarian: osztható (hu) Icelandic: deilanlegur Japanese: 割り切れる (warikireru) Polish: podzielny (pl) Portuguese: divisível (pt) Romanian: divizibil (ro) Russian: дели́мый (ru) (delímyj) Spanish: divisible (es) Swedish: delbar (sv) Tagalog: mahahati Turkish: bölünebilir (tr), taksim edilebilir (dated)

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. for Henry Eversden […], OCLC 801399482; reprinted in The Vanity of Dogmatizing […] (Series III: Philosophy; 6), New York, N.Y.: For the Facsimile Text Society by Columbia University Press, 1931, OCLC 603189094, 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.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dīvīsibilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /di.viˈzi.blə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /di.biˈzi.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /di.viˈzi.ble/

Adjective

divisible (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)

Related terms

• divisibilitat

Further reading

• “divisible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Late Latin divisibilis, from the verb Latin divido.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vi.zibl/

• Audio

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Adjective

divisible (plural divisibles)

1. divisible

Derived terms

• divisibilité

Related terms

• diviser
• division

Further reading

• “divisible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dīvīsibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dibiˈsible/ [d̪i.β̞iˈsi.β̞le]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: di‧vi‧si‧ble

Adjective

divisible (plural divisibles)

1. divisible (capable of being divided)

   Antonym: indivisible

2. (arithmetic) divisible (of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder)

Derived terms

• divisibilidad

Further reading

• “divisible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014