soluble

English

Etymology

From Middle English soluble, from Old French soluble, from Late Latin solūbilis, from Latin solvere (“to loosen”) +‎ -bilis. Equivalent to and a piecewise doublet of solvable.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒljʊbəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑljəbəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

soluble (comparative more soluble, superlative most soluble)

1. (physical chemistry) Able to be dissolved.

   Synonyms: dissolvable, dissoluble

   Antonym: insoluble

   Sugar is soluble in water.

2. Able to be solved or explained.

   Synonym: solvable

   Antonym: insoluble

   That mystery should be easily soluble.

Derived terms

• acetosoluble
• fat-soluble
• gastrosoluble
• hydrosoluble
• intersoluble
• liposoluble
• nonsoluble
• solubility
• solubilize
• soluble glass
• solubleness
• solubles
• solubly
• water-soluble

 

Related terms

• insoluble
• solute

 

Translations

able to be dissolved

• Bulgarian: разтворим (bg) (raztvorim)
• Catalan: soluble
• Czech: rozpustný (cs) 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 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
• Portuguese: solúvel (pt)
• Russian: разреши́мый (ru) (razrešímyj)
• Spanish: soluble (es)
• Swedish: lösbar (sv)

Anagrams

• boulles, lobules

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin solūbilis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

soluble m or f (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, 2024
• “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.

French

Etymology

From Late Latin solubilis, from Latin solvere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.lybl/

• Audio:

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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.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin solubilis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

soluble m or f (masculine and feminine plural solubles)

1. soluble

Derived terms

• hidrosoluble
• liposoluble
• solubilidad

 

Further reading

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