castile soap

noun

A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, originally made with olive oil.

Similar
Spanish soap
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Meanings

castile soap1

nouncastile soap (countable and uncountable, plural castile soaps)

plural castile soaps

  1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Castile soap.

Castile soap2

nounCastile soap (countable and uncountable, plural Castile soaps)

plural Castile soaps · alternative castile soap

  1. countableuncountableA kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, originally made with olive oil.

    Synonyms: Spanish soap

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, originally made with olive oil.

Similar
Spanish soap
Also see
venetian soap

Origin

Originates from Castile in Spain.

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Translations

Afrikaans Spaanse seep
  • Spaanse seeptype of soap
Catalan sabó de Castella
  • sabó de Castellatype of soap
Chinese Mandarin 橄欖皂 /橄榄皂
  • 橄欖皂 /橄榄皂 (gǎnlǎnzào)type of soap
Czech kastilské mýdlo, olivové mýdlo
  • kastilské mýdlotype of soap
  • olivové mýdlotype of soap
Danish Castilla sæbe
  • Castilla sæbetype of soap
Dutch Castilië zeep
  • Castilië zeeptype of soap
Estonian oliivõliseep, oliiviõliseep
  • oliivõliseeptype of soap
  • oliiviõliseeptype of soap
Finnish oliiviöljysaippua
  • oliiviöljysaippuatype of soap
French savon de Castille
  • savon de Castilletype of soap
German Kastilien Seife
  • Kastilien Seifetype of soap
Greek σαπούνι Καστίλλης
  • σαπούνι Καστίλλης (sapoúni Kastíllis)type of soap
Hindi कैसाइल साबुन
  • कैसाइल साबुन (kaisāil sābun)type of soap
Hungarian Kasztília szappan, kasztíliai szappan
  • Kasztília szappantype of soap
  • kasztíliai szappantype of soap
Italian sapone di Castiglia
  • sapone di Castigliatype of soap
Japanese カスティーリャ石鹸
  • カスティーリャ石鹸 (Kasutīrya sekken)type of soap
Korean 카스티야 비누
  • 카스티야 비누 (kaseutiya binu)type of soap
Polish mydło kastylijskie
  • mydło kastylijskietype of soap
Portuguese sabão de Castela
  • sabão de Castelatype of soap
Romanian săpun de Castilia
  • săpun de Castiliatype of soap
Russian касти́льское мы́ло
  • касти́льское мы́ло (kastílʹskoje mýlo)type of soap
Spanish jabón de Castilla
  • jabón de Castillatype of soap
Swedish Kastilien tvål
  • Kastilien tvåltype of soap
Tagalog sabong kastilya
  • sabong kastilyatype of soap
Turkish Kastilya sabunu
  • Kastilya sabunutype of soap
Cite this entry
APA

castile soap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castile%20soap

MLA

“castile soap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castile%20soap. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “castile soap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castile%20soap.

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