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A very thin film of soapy water that forms a sphere with an iridescent surface.
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Anything that is attractive but insubstantial.
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Usage: figuratively
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a bubble formed by a thin soap film
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bubble
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Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
فُقَّاعَةُ صَابُون
(fuqqāʕatu ṣābūn)
— sphere of soap water
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Belarusian:
мы́льная бу́рбалка
(mýlʹnaja búrbalka)
— sphere of soap water
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Belarusian:
мы́льны пузы́р
(mýlʹny puzýr)
— sphere of soap water
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Bulgarian:
сапу́нен меху́р
(sapúnen mehúr)
— sphere of soap water
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Chinese Cantonese:
肥皂泡
(fei4 zou6 pou5)
— sphere of soap water
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Chinese Mandarin:
肥皂泡
(féizàopào)
— sphere of soap water
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Northern Min Chinese:
胰仔泡
(ǐ-ciě-pāu)
— sphere of soap water
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Czech:
mýdlová bublina
— sphere of soap water
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Danish:
sæbeboble
— sphere of soap water
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Dutch:
zeepbel
— sphere of soap water
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Esperanto:
sapveziko
— sphere of soap water
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Faroese:
sápubløðra
— sphere of soap water
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Finnish:
saippuakupla
— sphere of soap water
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French:
bulle de savon
— sphere of soap water
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German:
Seifenblase
— sphere of soap water
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Greek:
σαπουνόφουσκα
(sapounófouska)
— sphere of soap water
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Hebrew:
בּוּעַת סַבּוֹן
(bu'át sabón)
— sphere of soap water
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Hungarian:
szappanbuborék
— sphere of soap water
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Icelandic:
sápukúla
— sphere of soap water
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Italian:
bolla di sapone
— sphere of soap water
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Japanese:
シャボン玉
(shabondama)
— sphere of soap water
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Korean:
비눗방울
(binutbang'ul)
— sphere of soap water
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Mongolian:
савангийн хөөс
(savangiin xöös)
— sphere of soap water
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Norwegian Bokmål:
såpeboble
— sphere of soap water
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
såpeboble
— sphere of soap water
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Iranian Persian:
حُبابِ صابون
(hobâb-e sâbun)
— sphere of soap water
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Polish:
bańka mydlana
— sphere of soap water
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Portuguese:
bolha de sabão
— sphere of soap water
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Romanian:
balon de săpun
— sphere of soap water
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Russian:
мы́льный пузы́рь
(mýlʹnyj puzýrʹ)
— sphere of soap water
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Slovak:
mydlová bublina
— sphere of soap water
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Slovene:
milni mehurček
— sphere of soap water
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Spanish:
pompa de jabón
— sphere of soap water
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Swedish:
såpbubbla
— sphere of soap water
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Tajik:
ҳубоби собун
(hubob-i sobun)
— sphere of soap water
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Tajik:
ҳубобчаи собун
(hubobča-yi sobun)
— sphere of soap water
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Thai:
ฟองสบู่
(fɔɔng-sà-bùu)
— sphere of soap water
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Turkish:
sabun köpüğü
— sphere of soap water
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Turkish:
sabun baloncuğu
— sphere of soap water
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Ottoman Turkish:
قندیل
(kandil)
— sphere of soap water
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Ukrainian:
ми́льна бу́льбашка
(mýlʹna búlʹbaška)
— sphere of soap water
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Uzbek:
sovun koʻpigi
— sphere of soap water
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Vietnamese:
bong bóng xà phòng
— sphere of soap water
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Polish:
bańka mydlana
— anything attractive but unsubstantial