Dissoudre (en. Dissolve)

/di.su.dʁ/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

Making a solid body disappear in a liquid.

Salt dissolves in water.

Le sel se dissout dans l'eau.

Ending a meeting or an organization.

The government decided to dissolve the parliament.

Le gouvernement a décidé de dissoudre le parlement.

Cancelling a contract or a commitment.

They chose to dissolve their partnership.

Ils ont choisi de dissoudre leur partenariat.

From Latin 'dissolvere', which means 'to undo, to untangle'.

dissolve in alcohol

Mixing a substance with alcohol.

dissoudre dans l'alcool

dissolve one's problems

Finding a solution to one's problems.

dissoudre ses problèmes

dissolve a marriage

Legally ending a marriage.

dissoudre un mariage

solution

Homogeneous mixture of a solute and a solvent.

solution

solute

Substance that dissolves in a solvent.

soluté

solvent

Substance capable of dissolving a solute.

solvant

Getting rid of something.

He dissolved his problems by stepping back.

Il a dissous ses problèmes en prenant du recul.

Canceling a situation or a plan.

We decided to dissolve the project due to lack of funding.

On a décidé de dissoudre le projet à cause du manque de financement.