soap bubble

English

Alternative forms

• soap-bubble

Noun

A soap bubble.

soap bubble (plural soap bubbles)

1. A very thin film of soapy water that forms a sphere with an iridescent surface.
2. (figurative) Anything attractive but unsubstantial.
   • J. C. Shairp

     this soap bubble of the metaphysicians

Translations

sphere of soap water

• Danish: sæbeboble c
• Dutch: zeepbel (nl) c
• Esperanto: sapveziko
• Faroese: sápubløðra f
• Finnish: saippuakupla
• French: bulle de savon (fr)
• German: Seifenblase (de) f
• Greek: σαπουνόφουσκα (el) f (sapounófouska)
• Hungarian: szappanbuborék (hu)
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• Icelandic: sápukúla (is) f
• Polish: bańka mydlana (pl) f
• Portuguese: bolha (pt) de (pt) sabão (pt)
• Russian: мы́льный пузы́рь (ru) m (mýlʹnyj puzýrʹ)
• Slovak: mydlová bublina f
• Swedish: såpbubbla (sv) c
• Turkish: sabun köpüğü
• Vietnamese: bong bóng xà phòng