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

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

Derived terms

• divisibleness
• divisibly
• evenly divisible
• nondivisible
• polydivisible
• subdivisible
• undivisible

 

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 (hu), felbontható (hu), bontható (hu)
• 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[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC, 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.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīvīsibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [di.βiˈzib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [di.viˈzib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.viˈzi.ble]

Adjective

divisible m or f (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.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Late Latin divisibilis, from the verb Latin dividō.

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.

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 m or f (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)

Derived terms

• divisibilidad

 

Further reading

• “divisible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28