soluble
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English soluble, from Old French soluble, from Late Latin solūbilis, from Latin solvere (“to loosen”) + -bilis.[1] Equivalent to and a piecewise doublet of solvable.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɒljʊbəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɑljəbəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective edit
soluble (comparative more soluble, superlative most soluble)
- (physical chemistry) Able to be dissolved.
- Synonyms: dissolvable, dissoluble
- Antonym: insoluble
- Sugar is soluble in water.
- Able to be solved or explained.
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Translations edit
able to be dissolved
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able to be solved or explained — see also solvable
References edit
- ^ “soluble”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin solūbilis.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
soluble m or f (masculine and feminine plural solubles)
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Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin solubilis, from Latin solvere.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
soluble (plural solubles)
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Further reading edit
- “soluble”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
soluble m or f (masculine and feminine plural solubles)
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Further reading edit
- “soluble”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014