From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[Solvent (disambiguation)]
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en], accusative singular of [la], present participle of [la].
[+suf].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[Solvent] [en-noun]
1. A fluid that dissolves a solid , liquid , or gaseous solute , resulting in a solution .
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=2013 | month=July-August | author= Philip J. Bushnell (see http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/philip-j-bushnell)
|title=Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance (see
http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/4/solvents-ethanol-car-crashes-amp-tolerance)
|magazine=w:American Scientist |passage=Furthermore, this increase in risk is
comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to
benzene, another SOLVENT, which has the well-known property of causing this
type of cancer.}}
1. That which resolve s.
2. * 1921 , _Anglo American Trade_ (volume 2? volume 17? page 270) < !--Google snippet unclear-->
3. *: It explains. And explanation is the true SOLVENT of mystery.
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hawaiian: [haw]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kurdish:
- Latvian: [lv]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Welsh: [cy]
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*** Adjective
[-]
1. [en] Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than asset s.
2. Having the power of dissolving ; causing solution .
3. * [1=en]
**** Translations
[able to pay all debts]
- Basque: [eu]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
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**** See also
{{col|en |acidic<!--sometimes hyponymous--> }}
[en]
** French
*** Pronunciation
- [pos=v]
- [fr]
*** Verb
[fr]
1. [fr]
** German
*** Etymology
Ultimately from [de]. In German possibly a backformation from [de].
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
- [de]
- [de]
*** Adjective
[comp]
1. [de] [en]
**** Declension
[comp]
**** Related terms
- [de]
*** Further reading
- [R:de:Duden]
- [R:de:DWDS]
** Latin
*** Verb
[la]
1. [la]
** Maltese
*** Alternative forms
- [mt]
*** Etymology
[mt].
*** Pronunciation
- [mt]
*** Adjective
[f=solventa]
1. [en]
**** Related terms
[mt]
** Romanian
*** Etymology
[ro].
*** Adjective
[ro-adj]
1. [en]
**** Declension
[ro-decl-adj]
** Swedish
*** Adjective
[-]
1. [sv] [en]
**** Declension
[2=solvent]
**** See also
- [sv]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]
- [saob]