fusible

English

Etymology

From Middle English fusible, from Old French fusible, from Medieval Latin fusibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjuːzɪbl̩/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Adjective

fusible (comparative more fusible, superlative most fusible)

1. Able to be fused or melted.
   • 1941 March, “The Why and the Wherefore: Burst Boilers”, in Railway Magazine, page 143:

     Although a fusible plug is provided in the firebox crown of every locomotive, so that by melting if the inner firebox crown becomes uncovered, and thereby releasing steam at full pressure into the firebox, the fire may be extinguished and the crew given an unmistakable warning of the danger, there is no absolute guarantee that the plug will melt.

Derived terms

• fusibleness
• fusibly
• infusible

Related terms

• fusibility

Translations

able to be fused

Bulgarian: леснотопим (lesnotopim) Italian: bassofondente, fondibile, fusibile (it) Manx: yn-lheie Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: та̀љив Roman: tàljiv (sh) Spanish: fusible (es), fundible

Noun

fusible (plural fusibles)

1. Any substance that can be fused or melted.
   • 2010, Susan Stein, The Complete Photo Guide to Textile Art, page 40:

     Try any fusibles you have on hand, making sure that they aren't too stiff for the project you have in mind.

References

• “fusible”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• subfile

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fusibilis, from the stem of fundō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fuˈzib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fuˈzi.ble]

Adjective

fusible m or f (masculine and feminine plural fusibles)

1. fusible, meltable

Derived terms

• fusibilitat

Related terms

• fondre

Noun

fusible m (plural fusibles)

1. fuse (electrical component)

Further reading

• “fusible”, 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

Borrowed from Latin fusibilis, from the stem of fundō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.zibl/

• Audio (Paris):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

fusible m (plural fusibles)

1. fuse (electrical component)

Further reading

• “fusible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈsible/ [fuˈsi.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: fu‧si‧ble

Adjective

fusible m or f (masculine and feminine plural fusibles)

1. fusible

   Synonym: fundible

Derived terms

• fusibilidad

Noun

fusible m (plural fusibles)

1. fuse (electrical component)

Derived terms

• caja de fusibles

See also

• espoleta f
• mecha f

Further reading

• “fusible”, 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