soluble

soluble

English

Etymology

From Middle French soluble; Late Latin solubilis, from Latin solvere. Equivalent to and a doublet of solvable.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔɫ.jʊ.bəɫ]

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

Adjective

soluble (comparative more soluble, superlative most soluble)

1. Able to be dissolved.

   Sugar is soluble in water.

   Synonyms: dissolvable, dissoluble

   Antonym: insoluble

2. Able to be solved or explained.

   That mystery should be easily soluble.

   Synonym: solvable

   Antonym: insoluble

Derived terms

• acetosoluble
• fat-soluble
• gastrosoluble
• hydrosoluble
• insoluble
• liposoluble
• nonsoluble
• solubility
• soluble glass
• solubleness
• solubly
• water-soluble

 

Translations

able to be dissolved

Bulgarian: разтворим (bg) (raztvorim) Catalan: soluble Czech: rozpustný m Finnish: liukeneva (fi) French: soluble (fr) Galician: soluble (gl) German: löslich (de) Greek: διαλυτός (el) (dialytós) Hungarian: oldható (hu), oldódik (hu) Italian: solubile (it) Japanese: 溶ける (ja) (tokeru), 溶かせる (ja) (tokeseru) Maori: mehameha Norwegian: Bokmål: oppløselig Persian: حل‌شدنی‎ (hal-šodani) Polish: rozpuszczalny (pl) Portuguese: solúvel (pt) Russian: раствори́мый (ru) (rastvorímyj) Spanish: soluble (es) Swedish: löslig (sv) Tagalog: lusawin Telugu: ద్రావణీయము (drāvaṇīyamu) Ukrainian: розчинний (rozčynnyj) Welsh: hydawdd (cy)

able to be solved or explained — See also translations at solvable

Bulgarian: решим (bg) (rešim) Catalan: soluble Finnish: ratkaistavissa oleva German: lösbar (de) Japanese: 解ける (ja) (tokeru) Persian: حل‌شدنی‎ (hal-šodani) Polish: rozwiązywalny Russian: разреши́мый (ru) (razrešímyj) Spanish: soluble (es) Swedish: lösbar (sv)

Anagrams

• boulles, lobules

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin solubilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /suˈlu.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /soˈlu.ble/

Adjective

soluble (masculine and feminine plural solubles)

1. soluble

   Antonym: insoluble

Derived terms

• hidrosoluble
• solubilitat

Further reading

• “soluble” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “soluble”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “soluble” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “soluble” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin solubilis, from Latin solvere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.lybl/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

soluble (plural solubles)

1. soluble

   Antonym: insoluble

   soluble dans l'eau ― water-soluble

Derived terms

• café soluble

Related terms

• solubilité

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin solubilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈluble/ [soˈlu.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -uble
• Syllabification: so‧lu‧ble

Adjective

soluble (plural solubles)

1. soluble

Derived terms

• liposoluble
• hidrosoluble
• solubilidad

Further reading

• “soluble”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014