soap bubble

English

Alternative forms

soap-bubble

Noun

A soap bubble.

soap bubble (plural soap bubbles)

A very thin film of soapy water that forms a sphere with an iridescent surface.
(figuratively) Anything attractive but unsubstantial.
- J. C. Shairp
  this soap bubble of the metaphysicians

Translations

sphere of soap water

Danish: sæbeboble c
Dutch: zeepbel (nl) c
Esperanto: sapveziko
Faroese: sápubløðra f
Finnish: saippuakupla
French: bulle de savon (fr)
German: Seifenblase (de) f
Greek: σαπουνόφουσκα (el) f (sapounófouska)
Hungarian: szappanbuborék (hu)

Icelandic: sápukúla (is) f
Polish: bańka mydlana (pl) f
Portuguese: bolha (pt) de (pt) sabão (pt)
Russian: мы́льный пузы́рь (ru) m (mýlʹnyj puzýrʹ)
Slovak: mydlová bublina f
Swedish: såpbubbla (sv) c
Turkish: sabun köpüğü
Vietnamese: bong bóng xà phòng

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