🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

sciogliere

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʃɔʎˈʎɛ.re

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dissolve/dɪˈzɒlv/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Devi sciogliere il burro nella padella."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To pass or cause to pass into solution; to mix with a liquid until disappearing into it.

    "Stir the sugar into the warm tea until it dissolves completely."
  2. 2

    To officially end, terminate, or bring to a conclusion a formal assembly, contract, or organization.

    "The prime minister decided to dissolve parliament and call for a snap general election."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'dissolvere', meaning 'to loosen asunder, untie, or dissolve', composed of 'dis-' (apart) and 'solvere' (to loosen or slacken). Entering Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, the word initially retained physical and legal senses of breaking bonds or canceling assemblies before expanding into chemical and metaphorical domains.

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