soluble

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.

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

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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.

• boulles, lobules

Borrowed from Latin solūbilis.

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

soluble m or f (masculine and feminine plural solubles)

1. soluble

   Antonym: insoluble

• hidrosoluble
• solubilitat

• “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.

From Late Latin solubilis, from Latin solvere.

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.lybl/

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soluble (plural solubles)

1. soluble

   Antonym: insoluble

   soluble dans l’eau ― water-soluble

• café soluble

• solubilité

• “soluble”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin solubilis.

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

soluble m or f (masculine and feminine plural solubles)

1. soluble

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