Dictionary

soluble en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsɒljʊbəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsɑljəbəl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English soluble, from Old French soluble, from Late Latin solūbilis, from Latin solvere (“to loosen”) + -bilis. Piecewise doublet of solvable.

Meanings

1. Able to be dissolved.
   • Sugar is soluble in water.
   • 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. 1867, Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Chemical Technology, page 696:
2. Able to be solved or explained.
   • That mystery should be easily soluble.

Forms

Antonyms

insoluble · insoluble

Deriveds

solubleness · solubilize · solubles · fat-soluble · soluble glass · intersoluble · solubly · unsoluble · water-soluble · hydrosoluble · gastrosoluble · liposoluble · solubility · acetosoluble · soluble insulin · nonsoluble

Relateds

insoluble · solute

Synonyms

dissoluble · dissolvable · solvable

Translations (40)

fr soluble (able to be dissolved) · mi mehameha (able to be dissolved) · it solubile (able to be dissolved) · el διαλυτός (able to be dissolved) · es soluble (able to be solved or explained) · pl rozwiązalny (able to be solved or explained) · ja 溶ける (able to be dissolved) · da løselig (able to be solved or explained) · es soluble (able to be dissolved) · pt solúvel (able to be dissolved) · de lösbar (able to be solved or explained) · pl rozpuszczalny (able to be dissolved) · fi liukeneva (able to be dissolved) · cy hydawdd (able to be dissolved) · ca soluble (able to be solved or explained) · pt solúvel (able to be solved or explained) · bg решим (able to be solved or explained) · gl soluble (able to be dissolved) · pl rozwiązywalny (able to be solved or explained) · fa حلپذیر (able to be dissolved) · da opløselig (able to be dissolved) · fi ratkaistavissa oleva (able to be solved or explained) · sv löslig (able to be dissolved) · ru раствори́мый (able to be dissolved) · hu oldható (able to be dissolved) · ja 溶かせる (able to be dissolved) · sv lösbar (able to be solved or explained) · de löslich (able to be dissolved) · ru разреши́мый (able to be solved or explained) · te ద్రావణీయము (able to be dissolved) · hu oldódik (able to be dissolved) · tl lusawin (able to be dissolved) · ca soluble (able to be dissolved) · uk розчинний (able to be dissolved) · fa حلشدنی (able to be solved or explained) · ja 解ける (able to be solved or explained) · cs rozpustný (able to be dissolved) · fa حلشدنی (able to be dissolved) · bg разтворим (able to be dissolved) · nb oppløselig (able to be dissolved)