"soap bubble" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: soap bubbles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} soap bubble (plural soap bubbles)
  1. A very thin film of soapy water that forms a sphere with an iridescent surface. Translations (sphere of soap water): sæbeboble [common-gender] (Danish), zeepbel [common-gender] (Dutch), sapveziko (Esperanto), sápubløðra [feminine] (Faroese), saippuakupla (Finnish), bulle de savon (French), Seifenblase [feminine] (German), σαπουνόφουσκα (sapounófouska) [feminine] (Greek), szappanbuborék (Hungarian), sápukúla [feminine] (Icelandic), シャボン玉 (shabondama) (Japanese), 비눗방울 (binutbang'ul) (Korean), савангийн хөөс (savangiin xöös) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), såpeboble [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), såpeboble [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), قندیل (kandil) (Ottoman Turkish), bańka mydlana [feminine] (Polish), bolha de sabão [feminine] (Portuguese), balon de săpun [neuter] (Romanian), мы́льный пузы́рь (mýlʹnyj puzýrʹ) [masculine] (Russian), mydlová bublina [feminine] (Slovak), pompa de jabón [feminine] (Spanish), såpbubbla [common-gender] (Swedish), sabun köpüğü (Turkish), sabun baloncuğu (Turkish), bong bóng xà phòng (Vietnamese)
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  2. (figurative) Anything attractive but insubstantial. Tags: figuratively Translations (anything attractive but unsubstantial): bańka mydlana [feminine] (Polish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: soap-bubble Related terms: soap film

Inflected forms

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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мы́льный пузы́рь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "sphere of soap water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mydlová bublina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sphere of soap water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pompa de jabón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sphere of soap water",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "såpbubbla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sphere of soap water",
      "word": "sabun köpüğü"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sphere of soap water",
      "word": "sabun baloncuğu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sphere of soap water",
      "word": "bong bóng xà phòng"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "anything attractive but unsubstantial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bańka mydlana"
    }
  ],
  "word": "soap bubble"
}

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