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Definitions: Indissoluble |
IndissolubleAdjective1. Not soluble. 2. Used of decisions and contracts. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "indissoluble" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1606. (references) |
Etymology: Indissoluble \In*dis"so*lu*ble\, adjective. [Latin expression indissolubilis: compare to the French expression indissoluble. See In- not, and Dissoluble, and compare to Indissolvable.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Density | Indissolvable, indissoluble, insoluble, infusible. |
Junction | Firm, fast, close, tight, taut, taught, secure, set, intervolved ; inseparable, indissoluble, insecable, severable. |
Stability | Indefeasible, irretrievable, intransmutable, incommutable, irresoluble, irrevocable, irreversible, reverseless, inextinguishable, irreducible; indissoluble, indissolvable; indestructible, undying, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indeciduous; insusceptible, insusceptible of change. |
Whole | Indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indiscerptible. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Indissoluble |
| English words defined with "indissoluble": Indisdolubility, Indissolubly, Indissolvable. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "indissoluble": Marriage Knot. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "indissoluble": Indissolvable, insoluble. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Indissoluble" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (indissoluble, unsolvable). |
| Author | Quotation |
Charles E. Norton | It is perhaps the highest distinction of the Greeks that they recognized the indissoluble connection of beauty and goodness. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Indissoluble" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Indissoluble" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 28 | 65,706 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bond indissoluble | 5 |
indissoluble | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "indissoluble"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i qëndrueshëm (abiding, consistent, constant, durable, enduring, evergreen, fast, firm, Hardy, lasting, lingering, perdurable, permanent, persistent, resistant, settled, stabilized, stable, steady, surefooted, unalterable, unswerving), i pazbërtyyeshëm, i patretshëm (indigestible, infusible, insoluble), i paprishëm. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لا فكاك منه, غير قابل للذوبان (insoluble), سرمدي (eternal, immortal, perennial, sempiternal, timeless, undying, unending). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вечен (constant, continual, endless, eternal, everlasting, imperishable, incessant, interminable, never ending, perdurable, perennial, perpetual, sempiternal, timeless, undying, unfading, unperishing), нерушим, неразтворим (insoluble, irresolvable), неразложим (indecomposable, irresolvable, unanalysable), дълготраен (chronic, lasting, long-lived, permanent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 不解 (not understand), 可溶解 (Dissoluble, soluble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | stálý (constant, durable, enduring, equable, eternal, fast, firm, invariable, perennial, permanent, protracted, regular, sessile, stable, standing, static, stationary, steady, unchangeable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | onoplosbaar (insoluble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پایدار (Constant, Fast, Inexhaustible, Permanent, Resistant, Stanch, Undying, Unfailing, Unflinching), منحل نشدنی , ماندگار (Immanent, Indelible, Settler), ناگداز (Irresoluble), حل نشدنی (Inextricable, Insolubility, Insoluble, Irresolvable), غیرقابل حل , تجزیه ناپذیر (Irresolvable), اب نشدنی (Irresoluble), بهم نخوردنی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | purkamaton, hajoamaton. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | insoluble (insoluble, intractable), indissoluble. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unauflösbar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αδιάλυτοσ (insoluble, undiluted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לא מסיס (insoluble), לא פריק. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tartós (chronic, durable, enduring, hickory, keeping, lasting, perdurable, permanent, solid, sound, stable, standing, staple, substantive, to dye sg in grain, to last, well knit), oldhatatlan (insoluble), felbonthatatlan (indecomposable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | indissolubile. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 용해시킬 수 없". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neuscarreydagh (inseparable), neulheieagh (indigestible, insoluble, irresolvable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | uoppløselig (insoluble), uløselig (inextricable, insoluble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | indissolubleay indissolúvel (insoluble), dogma incontestável. (various references) indisolubil (indissolubly). (various references) нерастворимый (infusible, insoluble), неразрывный, прочный (durable, endurable, enduring, fail-safe, fast, firm, reliable, resistant, rugged, serviceable, sound, stable, stout, strong, tenable, tough). (various references) nerastvorljiv (insoluble). (various references) indisoluble, que dura. (various references) olöslig (inextricable, infusible, insoluble, irresolvable). (various references) sağlam (able bodied, bankable, bouncing, calculable, cast iron, consolidated, dyed in grain, fast, firm, flat-footed, foolproof, foursquare, gilt-edged, good, granitic, Hale, hard, healthy, hearty, invulnerable, lusty, responsible, rugged, runproof, safe, scatheless, secure, secured, solid, sound, stable, stalwart, stanch, staunch, steady, steely, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, substantive, sure, tough, unfaltering, unshakable, unshaken, valid, whole), erimez (insoluble), daimi (constant, endless, imprescriptible, invariable, perdurable, permanent, perpetual, standing), bozulmaz (imperishable, incorruptible, indefectible), ayrılmaz (fast, inseparable), ayrışmaz, çözünmez (insoluble). (various references) нерозривний, незруйнований (undefeated). (various references) không tan được, không ho tan được không thể chia cắt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | insolubilis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "indissoluble": indissolubleness, indissolublenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Indissoluble" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: indissolable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "indissoluble" (pronounced 'In*dis"so*lu*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-i-i-l-l-n-o-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: solubilised. | |
-2 letters: dissoluble, insolubles, solubilise. | |
-3 letters: boundless, bullnoses, delusions, illusions, insoluble, subsoiled. | |
-4 letters: bedouins, billions, bodiless, boldness, bullions, bullnose, delusion, dullness, elisions, elusions, idolises, illusion, insouled, isolines, libelous, lionised, lionises, loudness, nubilose, oiliness, sinusoid, solubles, sublines, unbilled, unilobed, unsoiled. | |
-5 letters: bedouin, beduins, bilious, billies, billion, billons, bindles, blissed, blondes, bloused, blouses, bolides, boluses, bonuses, boulles. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-i-i-l-l-n-o-s-s-u" | |
+3 letters: bloodguiltiness. | |
+4 letters: indissolubleness. | |
+5 letters: bloodguiltinesses, indissolubilities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 64 69 73 73 6F 6C 75 62 6C 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. -.. .. ... ... --- .-.. ..- -... .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100100 01101001 01110011 01110011 01101111 01101100 01110101 01100010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n d i s s o l u b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0064 0069 0073 0073 006F 006C 0075 0062 006C 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)438070758585817887687871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Familiar 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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