dissoudre
Meanings
Verb
1. to dissolve, break up, separate, disband (reflexive)
2. to dissolve, separate, disintegrate, disperse (transitive)
3. to separate the constituent elements of an institutional group or legal relationship between people, and thus get rid of that group (as a marriage, company, meeting of a National Assembly) (transitive, law)
4. to nullify (as a contract) (transitive, law)
Examples11
Le parlement a été dissous.
The Diet has been dissolved.
L'Algérie devrait dissoudre son parlement actuel.
Algeria should dissolve its current parliament.
Le sucre se dissout dans l'eau.
Sugar dissolves in water.
Le sucre se dissout dans le café chaud.
Sugar dissolves in hot coffee.
Le sucre se dissout dans le café.
Sugar dissolves into coffee.
Le sucre se dissout dans l'eau chaude.
Sugar dissolves in hot water.