different between established vs indissoluble

English

Etymology

From establish +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??stæb.l??t/
• Hyphenation: es?tab?lished

Verb

established

1. simple past tense and past participle of establish

Adjective

established (comparative more established, superlative most established)

1. Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
2. Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 731:

     Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.

3. (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

Synonyms

• estd. (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• established church
• long-established
• well-established

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French indissoluble, from Latin indissolubilis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nd??s?lj?b?l/

Adjective

indissoluble (comparative more indissoluble, superlative most indissoluble)

1. Lasting; indestructible; not possible to dissolve, disintegrate or break up.

Derived terms

• indissolubility
• indissolubly

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.di.s?.lybl/

Adjective

indissoluble (plural indissolubles)

1. indissoluble

Derived terms

• indissolublement

Further reading

• “indissoluble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).