Meanings
nounsoap bubble (plural soap bubbles)
plural soap bubbles · alternative soap-bubble
- A very thin film of soapy water that forms a sphere with an iridescent surface.
- figurativelyAnything that is attractive but insubstantial.
These words so pierce this soap-bubble of the metaphysicians, that we can hardly read them without fancying that the poet meant them to be ironical.
1879, John Campbell Shairp, Robert Burns, London: Macmillan
Translations
Arabic فُقَّاعَةُ صَابُون
- فُقَّاعَةُ صَابُون (fuqqāʕatu ṣābūn)sphere of soap water
Bulgarian сапу́нен меху́р
- сапу́нен меху́р (sapúnen mehúr)sphere of soap water
Chinese Cantonese 肥皂泡
- 肥皂泡 (fei⁴ zou⁶ pou⁵)sphere of soap water
Chinese Mandarin 肥皂泡
- 肥皂泡 (féizàopào)sphere of soap water
Czech mýdlová bublina
- mýdlová bublinasphere of soap water
Danish sæbeboble
- sæbeboblesphere of soap water
Dutch zeepbel
- zeepbelsphere of soap water
Esperanto sapveziko
- sapvezikosphere of soap water
Finnish saippuakupla
- saippuakuplasphere of soap water
French bulle de savon
- bulle de savonsphere of soap water
German Seifenblase
- Seifenblasesphere of soap water
Greek σαπουνόφουσκα
- σαπουνόφουσκα (sapounófouska)sphere of soap water
Hebrew בּוּעַת סַבּוֹן
- בּוּעַת סַבּוֹן (bu'át sabón)sphere of soap water
Hungarian szappanbuborék
- szappanbuboréksphere of soap water
Icelandic sápukúla
- sápukúlasphere of soap water
Italian bolla di sapone
- bolla di saponesphere of soap water
Japanese シャボン玉
- シャボン玉 (shabondama)sphere of soap water
Korean 비눗방울
- 비눗방울 (binutbang'ul)sphere of soap water
Norwegian Bokmål såpeboble
- såpeboblesphere of soap water
Polish bańka mydlana, bańka mydlana
- bańka mydlanasphere of soap water
- bańka mydlanaanything attractive but unsubstantial
Portuguese bolha de sabão
- bolha de sabãosphere of soap water
Romanian balon de săpun
- balon de săpunsphere of soap water
Russian мы́льный пузы́рь
- мы́льный пузы́рь (mýlʹnyj puzýrʹ)sphere of soap water
Slovak mydlová bublina
- mydlová bublinasphere of soap water
Spanish pompa de jabón
- pompa de jabónsphere of soap water
Swedish såpbubbla
- såpbubblasphere of soap water
Thai ฟองสบู่
- ฟองสบู่ (fɔɔng-sà-bùu)sphere of soap water
Turkish sabun köpüğü, sabun baloncuğu
- sabun köpüğüsphere of soap water
- sabun baloncuğusphere of soap water
Ukrainian ми́льна бу́льбашка
- ми́льна бу́льбашка (mýlʹna búlʹbaška)sphere of soap water
Vietnamese bong bóng xà phòng
- bong bóng xà phòngsphere of soap water
Cite this entry
APA
soap bubble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soap%20bubble
MLA
“soap bubble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soap%20bubble. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soap bubble,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soap%20bubble.
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