solute

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin solutus, past participle of solvo. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈsɒljuːt/ ==== Adjective ==== solute (comparative more solute, superlative most solute) Free; liberal; loose. Relaxed; hence, cheerful, merry. Synonyms: easygoing, laid-back; see also Thesaurus:carefree, Thesaurus:happy Able to be dissolved; soluble. (botany) Not adhering; loose. Antonym: adnate ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== solute (plural solutes) Any substance that is dissolved in a liquid solvent to create a solution. Antonyms: solvent, dissolver Holonym: solution Comeronyms: solvent, dissolver ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== solute (third-person singular simple present solutes, present participle soluting, simple past and past participle soluted) (obsolete) To dissolve. (obsolete) To solve; to expose the errors of; to explain to solute sin === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== solute (third-person singular simple present solutes, present participle soluting, simple past and past participle soluted) (obsolete) Alternative form of salute. === Anagrams === lutose, tousel, tousle == Latin == === Adjective === solūte vocative masculine singular of solūtus === References === “solute”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “solute”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “solute”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.