dissolve

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈzɒlv/
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• General-American: /dɪˈzɑlv/
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• General-American: /dɪˈzɔlv/
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• rhymes with -ɒlv
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 Z AA1 L V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Recorded since c. 1374 (displacing Old English toliesan) as Middle English dissolven, from Latin dissolvere (“to loosen up, break apart”) but with the sense from Anglo-Norman dissoldre (variant of Old French dissoudre), itself from dis- (“apart”) + solvere (“to loose, loosen”). By surface analysis, dis- + solve.

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: fade-out — film punctuation
• Finnish: ristikuva — film punctuation
• Italian: dissolvenza — film punctuation
• Spanish: disolvencia — film punctuation
• Albanian: shpërbë — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Armenian: լուծարել (lucarel) — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Bulgarian: разпускам (razpuskam) — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Catalan: dissoldre — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Chinese Mandarin: 解散 (jiěsàn) — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Dutch: ontbinden — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Dutch: oplossen — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Finnish: hajottaa — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Finnish: purkaa — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• French: dissoudre — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Galician: disolver — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• German: auflösen — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Greek: διαλύω (dialýo) — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Ancient Greek: λύω (lúō) — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Hungarian: feloszlat — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Irish: scaoil — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Japanese: 解散する (kaisan suru) — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Japanese: 廃止する (haishi suru) — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Lithuanian: paleisti — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Malay: bubar — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Māori: pakaru — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Old English: tōlīesan — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Polish: rozwiązywać — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Polish: rozwiązać — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Polish: rozpuszczać — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Polish: rozpuścić — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Portuguese: dissolver — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Russian: распуска́ть (raspuskátʹ) — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Russian: распусти́ть (raspustítʹ) — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Spanish: disolver — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Thai: ยุบ (yúp) — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Ukrainian: розпуска́ти (rozpuskáty) — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Ukrainian: розпусти́ти (rozpustýty) — transitive: to terminate a union of multiple members actively
• Albanian: tret — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Armenian: լուծել (lucel) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Azerbaijani: əritmək — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Bashkir: иретеү (iretew) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Bashkir: эретеү (iretew) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Bulgarian: разтварям (raztvarjam) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Catalan: dissoldre — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Chinese Mandarin: 溶解 (róngjiě) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Chinese Mandarin: 融化 (rónghuà) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Czech: rozpustit — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Dutch: oplossen — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Esperanto: solvi — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Esperanto: dissolvi — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Finnish: liuottaa — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• French: dissoudre — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• German: auflösen — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Greek: διαλύω (dialýo) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Greek: λιώνω (lióno) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Ancient Greek: διαλύω (dialúō) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Hebrew: הֵמֵס (hemés) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Hungarian: felold — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Italian: dissolvere — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Japanese: 溶かす (tokasu) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Japanese: 溶く (toku) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Latin: dissolvō — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Malay: larut — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Māori: memeha — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Middle English: dissolven — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Polish: rozpuszczać — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Polish: rozpuścić — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Portuguese: dissolver — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Portuguese: dissolver-se — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Portuguese: diluir-se — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Russian: растворя́ть (rastvorjátʹ) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Russian: раствори́ть (rastvorítʹ) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Serbo-Croatian: раство̀рити — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Serbo-Croatian: rastvòriti — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Spanish: disolver — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Spanish: desleír — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Swedish: lösa — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Swedish: lösa upp — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Tamil: கரை (karai) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Thai: ละลาย (lá-laai) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Turkish: çözmek — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Ukrainian: розчиня́ти (rozčynjáty) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Ukrainian: розчини́ти (rozčynýty) — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Vietnamese: hòa tan — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Welsh: hydoddi — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Welsh: toddi — transitive: to disintegrate into a solution by immersion
• Azerbaijani: ərimək — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Bashkir: иреү (irew) — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Bashkir: эреү (irew) — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Bulgarian: разтварям се (raztvarjam se) — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Catalan: dissoldre — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Chinese Mandarin: 融化 (rónghuà) — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Chinese Mandarin: 溶解 (róngjiě) — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Dutch: oplossen — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Finnish: liueta — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• French: se dissoudre — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• German: sich auflösen — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Greek: διαλύομαι (dialýomai) — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Hebrew: נָמַס (namás) — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Hungarian: feloldódik — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Ingrian: sullaa — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Irish: díscaoil — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Italian: dissolversi — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Japanese: 溶ける (tokeru) — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Māori: memeha — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Middle English: dissolven — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Polish: rozpuszczać — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Portuguese: dissolver — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Portuguese: dissolver-se — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Portuguese: diluir-se — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Russian: растворя́ться (rastvorjátʹsja) — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Russian: раствори́ться (rastvorítʹsja) — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Scottish Gaelic: leagh — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Serbo-Croatian: раство̀рити се — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Serbo-Croatian: rastvòriti se — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Spanish: disolver — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Tamil: கரை (karai) — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Thai: ละลาย (lá-laai) — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Turkish: çözünmek — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Ukrainian: розчиня́тися (rozčynjátysja) — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Ukrainian: розчини́тися (rozčynýtysja) — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Vietnamese: hoà tan — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Welsh: hydoddi — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Welsh: toddi — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Welsh: ymdoddi — intransitive: to be disintegrated into a solution by immersion
• Catalan: revocar — transitive: to annul, rescind, revoke
• Hebrew: בִּטֵּל (bitél) — transitive: to annul, rescind, revoke
• Armenian: լուծարվել (lucarvel) — intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution
• Catalan: dissoldre's — intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution
• Chinese Mandarin: 溶解 (róngjiě) — intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution
• Dutch: verdampen — intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution
• Finnish: hajota — intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution
• French: se dissoudre — intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution
• German: sich auflösen — intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution
• Irish: díscaoil — intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution
• Portuguese: dissolver — intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution
• Russian: распуска́ться (raspuskátʹsja) — intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution
• Russian: распусти́ться (raspustítʹsja) — intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution
• Russian: распада́ться (raspadátʹsja) — intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution
• Russian: распа́сться (raspástʹsja) — intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̀спасти се — intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution
• Serbo-Croatian: ràspasti se — intransitive: to resolve itself as by dissolution
• Azerbaijani: dağıtmaq — transitive: to disperse a group
• Bulgarian: разпускам (razpuskam) — transitive: to disperse a group
• Catalan: dissoldre — transitive: to disperse a group
• Chinese Mandarin: 解散 (jiěsàn) — transitive: to disperse a group
• Czech: rozpustit — transitive: to disperse a group
• Dutch: ontbinden — transitive: to disperse a group
• Dutch: uiteendrijven — transitive: to disperse a group
• Finnish: hajottaa — transitive: to disperse a group
• Finnish: hajautua — transitive: to disperse a group
• German: auflösen — transitive: to disperse a group
• Hungarian: feloszlat — transitive: to disperse a group
• Hungarian: oszlat — transitive: to disperse a group
• Japanese: 解散する (kaisan suru) — transitive: to disperse a group
• Māori: pakaru — transitive: to disperse a group
• Middle English: dissolven — transitive: to disperse a group
• Portuguese: dissolver — transitive: to disperse a group
• Russian: распуска́ть (raspuskátʹ) — transitive: to disperse a group
• Russian: распусти́ть (raspustítʹ) — transitive: to disperse a group
• Spanish: disolver — transitive: to disperse a group
• Swedish: skingra — transitive: to disperse a group