different between fusible vs liquate

English

Etymology

From Old French fusible, from Medieval Latin fusibilis

Adjective

fusible (comparative more fusible, superlative most fusible)

1. Able to be fused or melted.

Translations

Noun

fusible (plural fusibles)

1. Any substance that can be fused or melted.
   • 2010, Susan Stein, The Complete Photo Guide to Textile Art (page 40)

     Try any fusibles you have on hand, making sure that they aren't too stiff for the project you have in mind.

Anagrams

• subfile

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fusibilis, from the stem of fund?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.zibl/

Noun

fusible m (plural fusibles)

1. fuse (electrical component)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Noun

fusible m (plural fusibles)

1. fuse (electrical component)

Derived terms

• caja de fusibles

See also

• espoleta f
• mecha f

Adjective

fusible (plural fusibles)

1. fusible

   Synonym: fundible

English

Etymology

Latin liquatus, past participle of liquare (“to melt”).

Verb

liquate (third-person singular simple present liquates, present participle liquating, simple past and past participle liquated)

1. (metalworking) To separate by fusion, as a more fusible from a less fusible material.
2. To melt; to become liquid (liquefy)
   • 1728, John Woodward, An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England

     Bones of some Fishes, liquate and dissolve. And indeed these are found lodged among metallick and mineral Matter

References

liquate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Tequila, tequila

Latin

Participle

liqu?te

1. vocative masculine singular of liqu?tus