soluble

English

Etymology

From Middle French soluble; Late Latin solubilis, from Latin solvere. Doublet of solvable.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈsɔɫ.jʊ.bəɫ]

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

• Catalan: soluble
• Czech: rozpustný m
• Finnish: liukeneva (fi)
• French: soluble (fr)
• Galician: soluble (gl)
• German: löslich (de)
• Greek: διαλυτός (el) (dialytós)
• 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

• 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.

Adjective

soluble (masculine and feminine plural solubles)

1. soluble

Antonyms

• insoluble

Derived terms

• hidrosoluble
• solubilitat

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin solubilis, from Latin solvere.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

soluble (plural solubles)

1. soluble

Antonyms

• (soluble): insoluble

Related terms

• solubilité

Further reading

• “soluble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin solubilis.

Adjective

soluble (plural solubles)

1. soluble

Derived terms

• liposoluble
• hidrosoluble

Related terms

• solubilidad

Further reading

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