fusible

From Middle English fusible, from Old French fusible, from Medieval Latin fusibilis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjuːzɪbl̩/

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fusible (comparative more fusible, superlative most fusible)

1. Able to be fused or melted.
   • 1941 March, “The Why and the Wherefore: Burst Boilers”, in Railway Magazine, page 143:

     Although a fusible plug is provided in the firebox crown of every locomotive, so that by melting if the inner firebox crown becomes uncovered, and thereby releasing steam at full pressure into the firebox, the fire may be extinguished and the crew given an unmistakable warning of the danger, there is no absolute guarantee that the plug will melt.

• fusibility

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.

• “fusible”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Learned borrowing from Latin fusibilis, from the stem of fundō.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fuˈzib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fuˈzi.ble]

fusible m or f (masculine and feminine plural fusibles)

1. fusible, meltable

• fusibilitat

• fondre

fusible m (plural fusibles)

1. fuse (electrical component)

• “fusible”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Latin fusibilis, from the stem of fundō.

• IPA^(key): /fy.zibl/

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fusible m (plural fusibles)

1. fuse (electrical component)

• “fusible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /fuˈsible/ [fuˈsi.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: fu‧si‧ble

fusible m or f (masculine and feminine plural fusibles)

1. fusible

   Synonym: fundible

fusible m (plural fusibles)

1. fuse (electrical component)

• espoleta f
• mecha f

• “fusible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024