different between volute vs solute

English

Etymology

From French volute, from Italian voluta, from Latin vol?ta, from the feminine of vol?tus, perfect passive participle of volv?. Doublet of vault.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??lu?t/

Noun

volute (plural volutes)

1. (architecture) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
2. (zoology) The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
3. (zoology) Any marine gastropod of the family {Volutidae.
4. (engineering) The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
5. (art) A spiral or scroll form.
6. (music) A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural volutes.

Derived terms

• volutite
• volutoid

Translations

Adjective

volute (not comparable)

1. (engineering) Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?.lyt/

Noun

volute f (plural volutes)

1. (architecture) volute
2. (music, lutherie) scroll (of a musical instrument)

Italian

Participle

volute

1. feminine plural of the past participle of volere

Latin

Participle

vol?te

1. vocative masculine singular of vol?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin solutus, past participle of solvo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?lju?t/

Adjective

solute (comparative more solute, superlative most solute)

1. Free; liberal; loose.
2. Relaxed; hence, cheerful, merry.
3. Able to be dissolved; soluble.

4. (botany) Not adhering; loose.

   Antonym: adnate

Related terms

Translations

Noun

solute (plural solutes)

1. Any substance that is dissolved in a liquid solvent to create a solution

Translations

Verb

solute (third-person singular simple present solutes, present participle soluting, simple past and past participle soluted)

1. (obsolete) To dissolve.

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2. (obsolete) To absolve.

   to solute sin

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Anagrams

• lutose, tousel, tousle

Latin

Adjective

sol?te

1. vocative masculine singular of sol?tus

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