French word

dissoudre

Pronunciation

IPA/disudʁ/

Meaning

  • verbdissolve

Example

Elle dissout le sucre dans son café.

She dissolves sugar in her coffee.

Illustration for dissoudre (dissolve)

More examples

La chaleur aide à dissoudre la colle plus vite.

Heat helps dissolve the glue more quickly.

Core concept

Something held together is loosened until it becomes part of what surrounds it or no longer exists as a separate whole.

Common phrases

  • dissoudre dans l'eau

    dissolve in water

  • dissoudre la colle

    dissolve the glue

Similar words

fondre: The process of changing a solid into liquid form by heating it.
diluer: The process of making a liquid less concentrated by adding water or another liquid.

Definition in French

Rendre une substance soluble dans un liquide ou mettre fin à l'existence d'un lien, d'un contrat ou d'une assemblée.

Word origin

Dissoudre is an inherited French development of Latin dissolvere, whose parts convey separation and loosening and support both the physical and abstract senses.

Usage tips

  • Dissoudre is irregular in the present tense: je dissous, elle dissout, nous dissolvons, and ils dissolvent; its past participle is dissous.

Other meanings

  • resolveverb
  • disbandverb

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