How do you pronounce soluble?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɑljəbəl/.

Where does soluble come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

soluble

/ˈsɑljəbəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: sol-u-ble
IPA: /ˈsɑljəbəl/

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Meaning

adj

Able to be dissolved.

adj

Able to be solved or explained.

Example Sentences

"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."
"That mystery should be easily soluble."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *lewh₁-, soluble, solūbilis, solvō
Suffix: bilis

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsɑljəbəl/
British English: /ˈsɒljʊbəl/

Inflected Forms

more soluble (comparative) most soluble (superlative)

Derived Forms

acetosoluble gastrosoluble hydrosoluble intersoluble liposoluble nonsoluble solubility solubilize solubleness solubles solubly unsoluble

Phrases

fat-soluble soluble glass soluble insulin water-soluble

Frequently Paired Words

insoluble solute

Synonyms

dissolvable dissoluble solvable

Antonyms

insoluble

Rhymes With

insoluble voluble