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):

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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

   2. (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

      Hyponym: threeven

      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)
• Galician: divisíbel (gl) m or f
• Georgian: დაყოფადი (daq̇opadi), გაყოფადი (gaq̇opadi), დანაწილებადი (danac̣ilebadi)
• German: teilbar (de), dividierbar
• Greek: διαιρετός (el) (diairetós)

  Ancient Greek: 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
• Macedonian: делив (deliv)
• 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)
• Lithuanian: dalomas
• Macedonian: делив (deliv)
• 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

Learned borrowing from Latin dīvīsibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [di.βiˈzib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [di.viˈzib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.viˈzi.ble]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [di.βiˈzib.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)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *wiðō

Latin *vidō

Latin dīvidō

Latin dīvīsus

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin dīvīsibilisder.

Spanish divisible

Derived from Latin dīvīsibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dibiˈsible/ [d̪i.β̞iˈsi.β̞le]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• 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), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026