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soap suds

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Lather, suds, foam produced by soap in water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

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History

Etymology

From soap + suds.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: finjë — foam produced by soap in water
  • Bulgarian: сапунена пяна (sapunena pjana) — foam produced by soap in water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肥皂沫 (féizàomò) — foam produced by soap in water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肥皂水 (féizàoshuǐ) — foam produced by soap in water
  • Greek: σαπουνάδα (sapounáda) — foam produced by soap in water
  • Hungarian: szappanhab — foam produced by soap in water
  • Irish: sobal — foam produced by soap in water
  • Irish: sobal gallúnaí — foam produced by soap in water
  • Italian: saponata — foam produced by soap in water
  • Pannonian Rusyn: мидлїна (midljina) — foam produced by soap in water
  • Polish: mydliny — foam produced by soap in water
  • Russian: мы́льная пе́на (mýlʹnaja péna) — foam produced by soap in water
  • Ukrainian: ми́льна пі́на (mýlʹna pína) — foam produced by soap in water