# soluble
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɒljʊbəl/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈsɑljəbəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

soluble (comparative more soluble, superlative most soluble)
* (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.
* Able to be solved or explained.
    Synonym: solvable
    Antonym: insoluble
    That mystery should be easily soluble.

#### Derived terms

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

#### Related terms

* insoluble
* solute

#### Translations
### References

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

### Anagrams

* boulles, lobules

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin solūbilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [suˈlub.blə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [soˈlu.ble]

### Adjective

soluble m or f (masculine and feminine plural solubles)
* soluble
    Antonym: insoluble

#### Derived terms

* hidrosoluble
* solubilitat

### Further reading

* “soluble” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “soluble”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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.

## French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin solubilis, from Latin solvere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔ.lybl/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

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

#### Derived terms

* liposoluble

#### Related terms

* solubilité
* solvable

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin solubilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /soˈluble/ [soˈlu.β̞le]
* Rhymes: -uble
* Syllabification: so‧lu‧ble

### Adjective

soluble m or f (masculine and feminine plural solubles)
* soluble

#### Derived terms

* hidrosoluble
* liposoluble
* solubilidad

### Further reading

* “soluble”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10