solute

See also: soluté

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin solutus.

Adjective

solute (comparative more solute, superlative most solute)

Loose; free; liberal
a solute interpretation

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Relaxed, hence, merry; cheerful
- Young
  A brow solute, and ever-laughing eye.
Able to be dissolved; soluble
a solute salt
(botany) Not adhering; loose; opposed to adnate
a solute stipule

Translations

loose

Finnish: löysä (fi), löyhä (fi)

Noun

solute (plural solutes)

Any substance that is dissolved in a liquid solvent to create a solution

Translations

substance that is dissolved in a solvent

Catalan: solut (ca) m
Finnish: liuotettava (fi) aine
French: soluté (fr) m
Hungarian: oldott anyag (hu)
Italian: soluto (it) m

Maori: matūmeha
Portuguese: soluto (pt) m
Spanish: soluto (es) m
Tagalog: nilusaw, lulusawin
Turkish: çözünen (tr)

Verb

solute (third-person singular simple present solutes, present participle soluting, simple past and past participle soluted)

(obsolete) To dissolve.
(obsolete) To absolve.
to solute sin

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Anagrams

lutose, tousel, tousle

Latin

Adjective

solute

vocative masculine singular of solutus

References

solute in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
solute in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
solute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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