dissolve

dissoudre, se dissoudre

Faire qu’un solide se mélange à un liquide jusqu’à disparition des morceaux, ou subir ce changement.

En anglais simple : If you do this to a solid, it mixes into a liquid until separate pieces disappear.

• Dissolve the sugar in warm water.
• She dissolved a tablet in a glass of water.
• Does salt dissolve faster in hot water?

Comment l'utiliser : dissolve something in something (Dissolve the powder in cold water.)

Expressions courantes : dissolve in water, dissolve the sugar, dissolve a tablet, dissolve completely

dissoudre

Mettre officiellement fin à un groupe, une organisation ou un lien juridique.

En anglais simple : To officially end a group, organization, or legal relationship.

• The partners agreed to dissolve the company.
• The president dissolved parliament before the election.
• A court can dissolve their marriage.

Synonymes : disband, terminate

Contraires : establish

Expressions courantes : dissolve parliament, dissolve a partnership, dissolve a marriage