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divisible

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: [dɪˈvɪzɪbəɫ]
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Capable of being divided or split.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: separable, separatable

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dividable, splittable, partible, separable, separatable

Antonyms: indivisible, nondivisible, undividable

2

adj

Meaning 2

Capable of being divided or split.

Of an integer, that, when divided by another integer, results in another integer still, thus leaving no remainder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: arithmetic

Examples

  • Just as 12 is divisible by 3, so is 48 divisible by 12.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dividable, splittable, partible, separable, separatable, evenly divisible

Antonyms: indivisible, nondivisible, undividable

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any substance that can be divided.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

capable of being or liable to be divided or separated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • even numbers are divisible by two
  • the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: indivisible

History

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh1 From Middle English divisible, from Old French, from Late Latin divisibilis, from the verb Latin divido.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: делим (delim) — capable of being divided
  • Catalan: divisible — capable of being divided
  • Czech: dělitelný — capable of being divided
  • Danish: delelig — capable of being divided
  • Dutch: deelbaar — capable of being divided
  • Finnish: jaollinen — capable of being divided
  • French: divisible — capable of being divided
  • Galician: divisíbel — capable of being divided
  • Georgian: დაყოფადი (daq̇opadi) — capable of being divided
  • Georgian: გაყოფადი (gaq̇opadi) — capable of being divided
  • Georgian: დანაწილებადი (danac̣ilebadi) — capable of being divided
  • German: teilbar — capable of being divided
  • German: dividierbar — capable of being divided
  • Greek: διαιρετός (diairetós) — capable of being divided
  • Ancient Greek: μεριστός (meristós) — capable of being divided
  • Greenlandic: agguarneqarsinnaasoq — capable of being divided
  • Hungarian: osztható — capable of being divided
  • Hungarian: felosztható — capable of being divided
  • Hungarian: felbontható — capable of being divided
  • Hungarian: bontható — capable of being divided
  • Icelandic: deilanlegur — capable of being divided
  • Italian: divisibile — capable of being divided
  • Japanese: 分割できる (bunkatsu dekiru) — capable of being divided
  • Japanese: 割れる (wareru) — capable of being divided
  • Japanese: 分けられる (wakerareru) — capable of being divided
  • Japanese: 可分の (kabun no) — capable of being divided
  • Latin: divisibilis — capable of being divided
  • Macedonian: делив (deliv) — capable of being divided
  • Polish: podzielny — capable of being divided
  • Portuguese: divisível — capable of being divided
  • Romanian: divizibil — capable of being divided
  • Russian: дели́мый (delímyj) — capable of being divided
  • Spanish: divisible — capable of being divided
  • Swedish: delbar — capable of being divided
  • Tagalog: mahahati — capable of being divided
  • Turkish: bölünebilir — capable of being divided
  • Turkish: taksim edilebilir — capable of being divided
  • Bulgarian: делим (delim) — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Catalan: divisible — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Czech: dělitelný — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Danish: delelig — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Dutch: deelbaar — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Finnish: jaollinen — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • French: divisible — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • German: teilbar — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Greek: διαιρετός (diairetós) — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Greenlandic: agguarneqarsinnaasoq — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Hungarian: osztható — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Icelandic: deilanlegur — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Italian: divisibile — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Japanese: 割り切れる (warikireru) — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Lithuanian: dalomas — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Macedonian: делив (deliv) — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Polish: podzielny — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Portuguese: divisível — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Romanian: divizibil — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Russian: дели́мый (delímyj) — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Spanish: divisible — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Swedish: delbar — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Tagalog: mahahati — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Turkish: bölünebilir — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
  • Turkish: taksim edilebilir — of an integer, that when divided leaves no remainder
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