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):

  (file)

Adjective

divisible (not comparable)

2. Capable of being divided or split.

   Synonyms: dividable, splittable, partible

   Antonyms: indivisible, nondivisible, undividable

   Hyponym: evenly divisible

   Coordinate terms: combinable, mergeable, unifiable

   Near-synonyms: separable, separatable

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

      Synonym: evenly divisible

      Antonyms: indivisible, nondivisible

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

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• divisibility

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 Italian: divisibile (it) 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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vi.zibl/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

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):

  (file)

• 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 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024