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soluble

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Etymology

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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.

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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.

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  1. ^ “soluble”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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Borrowed from Latin solūbilis.

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soluble m or f (masculine and feminine plural solubles)

  1. soluble
    Antonym: insoluble

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French

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From Late Latin solubilis, from Latin solvere.

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soluble (plural solubles)

  1. soluble
    Antonym: insoluble
    soluble dans l’eau ― water-soluble

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin solubilis.

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

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soluble m or f (masculine and feminine plural solubles)

  1. soluble

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