insoluble

From Old French, from Latin insolubilis (in- + solubilis).

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insoluble (comparative more insoluble, superlative most insoluble)

1. That cannot be dissolved.
2. That cannot be solved; unsolvable; insolvable.
3. That cannot be explained; mysterious or inexplicable.
4. That cannot be broken down or dispersed.

• (not explainable): inexplicable; See Thesaurus:incomprehensible or Thesaurus:mysterious

• soluble

• insolubility
• insolubly

insoluble (plural insolubles)

1. Any substance that cannot be dissolved.
   • 2006, Ashok Pandey, Enzyme Technology (page 518)

     As there is a partial vacuum inside the drum, the liquid is sucked inside the drum and the insolubles are deposited on the outer surface of the membrane filter.

From Latin īnsolūbilis.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /in.suˈlu.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.soˈlu.ble/

insoluble (masculine and feminine plural insolubles)

1. insoluble
2. unsolvable

• “insoluble” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “insoluble”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “insoluble” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “insoluble” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin īnsolūbilis.

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insoluble (plural insolubles)

1. (chemistry) insoluble
2. (mathematics) insoluble

• “insoluble”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin īnsolūbilis.

• IPA^(key): /insoˈluble/ [ĩn.soˈlu.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -uble
• Syllabification: in‧so‧lu‧ble

insoluble (plural insolubles)

1. insoluble
2. unsolvable

• “insoluble”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014