soluble

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English

Etymology

From Middle English soluble, from Old French soluble, from Late Latin solūbilis, from Latin solvere (“to loosen”) +‎ -bilis.[1] Related to solvable.

Pronunciation

Adjective

soluble (comparative more soluble, superlative most soluble)

  1. (chemistry) Able to be dissolved.
    Synonyms: dissolvable, dissoluble
    Antonym: insoluble
    Sugar is soluble in water.
    • 1867, Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Chemical Technology, page 696:
      The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined.
  2. Able to be solved or explained.
    Synonym: solvable
    Antonym: insoluble
    That mystery should be easily soluble.

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References

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

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin solūbilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

soluble m or f (masculine and feminine plural solubles)

  1. soluble
    Antonym: insoluble

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin solubilis, from Latin solvere.

Pronunciation

Adjective

soluble (plural solubles)

  1. soluble (that can be dissolved)
    Antonym: insoluble
    soluble dans l’eau ― water-soluble
    café soluble ― instant coffee
  2. solvable (that can be solved)
    Synonym: résoluble
    Antonym: insoluble

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin solubilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈluble/
  • Rhymes: -uble
  • Syllabification: so‧lu‧ble

Adjective

soluble m or f (masculine and feminine plural solubles)

  1. soluble

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