insoluble

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin insolubilis (in- + solubilis).

Adjective

insoluble (comparative more insoluble, superlative most insoluble)

1. That cannot be dissolved.
2. That cannot be solved; unsolvable; insolvable.
3. That cannot be explained; mysterious or inexplicable.
4. That cannot be broken down or dispersed.

Synonyms

• (not explainable): inexplicable; See Thesaurus:incomprehensible or Thesaurus:mysterious

Antonyms

• soluble

Related terms

• insolubility
• insolubly

Translations

not soluble; that cannot be dissolved

• Bulgarian: неразтворим (neraztvorim)
• Catalan: insoluble (ca)
• Czech: nerozpustný m
• Finnish: liukenematon
• Italian: insolubile (it)
• Japanese: 溶けない (ja) (tokenai), 不溶の (ja) (fuyō no)
• Maori: mehakore
• Norwegian:

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• Polish: nierozpuszczalny
• Romanian: insolubil (ro)
• Spanish: insoluble
• Swedish: olöslig (sv)
• Tagalog: dilusawin
• Welsh: anhydawdd (cy)

not solvable; that cannot be solved

• Bulgarian: нерешим (nerešim)
• Catalan: insoluble (ca)
• Czech: neřešitelný
• Finnish: ratkeamaton, ratkaisematon (fi)
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• Italian: insolubile (it)
• Japanese: 解けない (ja) (tokenai), 割り切れない (warikirenai), 不可解な (fukakai na)

not explainable

• Bulgarian: необясним (bg) (neobjasnim)
• Finnish: selittämätön
• Italian: inspiegabile (it)
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• Japanese: 解けない (ja) (tokenai), 割り切れない (warikirenai), 不可解な (fukakai na)

Noun

insoluble (plural insolubles)

1. Any substance that cannot be dissolved.
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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin insolubilis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

insoluble (plural insolubles)

1. (chemistry) insoluble
2. (mathematics) insoluble

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Adjective

insoluble m or f (masculine and feminine plural insolubles)

1. insoluble