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soap bubble en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A very thin film of soapy water that forms a sphere with an iridescent surface.
2. (figuratively) Anything that is attractive but insubstantial.
   • These words so pierce this soap-bubble of the metaphysicians, that we can hardly read them without fancying that the poet meant them to be ironical. 1879, John Campbell Shairp, Robert Burns, London: Macmillan:

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Relateds

soap film

Translations (44)

uz sovun koʻpigi (sphere of soap water) · nn såpeboble (sphere of soap water) · cs mýdlová bublina (sphere of soap water) · it bolla di sapone (sphere of soap water) · eo sapveziko (sphere of soap water) · pl bańka mydlana (sphere of soap water) · pt bolha de sabão (sphere of soap water) · tg ҳубоби собун (sphere of soap water) · hu szappanbuborék (sphere of soap water) · sl milni mehurček (sphere of soap water) · ro balon de săpun (sphere of soap water) · vi bong bóng xà phòng (sphere of soap water) · he בּוּעַת סַבּוֹן (sphere of soap water) · tg ҳубобчаи собун (sphere of soap water) · mn савангийн хөөс (sphere of soap water) · bg сапу́нен меху́р (sphere of soap water) · be мы́льная бу́рбалка (sphere of soap water) · ru мы́льный пузы́рь (sphere of soap water) · fo sápubløðra (sphere of soap water) · nb såpeboble (sphere of soap water) · da sæbeboble (sphere of soap water) · is sápukúla (sphere of soap water) · sv såpbubbla (sphere of soap water) · fr bulle de savon (sphere of soap water) · nl zeepbel (sphere of soap water) · es pompa de jabón (sphere of soap water) · pl bańka mydlana (anything attractive but unsubstantial) · ja シャボン玉 (sphere of soap water) · cmn 肥皂泡 (sphere of soap water) · de Seifenblase (sphere of soap water) · mnp 胰仔泡 (sphere of soap water) · sk mydlová bublina (sphere of soap water) · th ฟองสบู่ (sphere of soap water) · tr sabun baloncuğu (sphere of soap water) · yue 肥皂泡 (sphere of soap water) · ar فُقَّاعَةُ صَابُون (sphere of soap water) · be мы́льны пузы́р (sphere of soap water) · el σαπουνόφουσκα (sphere of soap water) · tr sabun köpüğü (sphere of soap water) · fa-ira حُبابِ صابون (sphere of soap water) · fi saippuakupla (sphere of soap water) · ota قندیل (sphere of soap water) · uk ми́льна бу́льбашка (sphere of soap water) · ko 비눗방울 (sphere of soap water)