Phrase guide

soap bubble

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A very thin film of soapy water that forms a sphere with an iridescent surface.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Anything that is attractive but insubstantial.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

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3

noun

Meaning 3

a bubble formed by a thin soap film

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: bubble

History

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

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