Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A metallic salt derived from a fatty acid, commonly used in cleaning products.

  2. (broadly, countable, informal, uncountable)Some other substance, often a detergent or another surfactant, able to mix with both oil and water, used for cleaning.

    I tried washing my hands with soap, but the stain wouldn't go away.

    She went to the shop to buy soap, but they had run out.

    Seife

    мы́лоmýlo

    ми́лоmýlo

  3. (countable, slang, uncountable)Money, specially when used as a bribe.

    money offered as a bribe

  4. (countable, informal)A soap opera.

  5. (countable)A solid masonry unit or brick reduced in depth or height from standard dimensions.

  6. (slang, uncountable)Thiopental (sodium pentothal)

Examples

335 sentences
  1. Tom got soap in his eyes.

    Тому в очі потрапило мило.

    ruВ глаза Тому попало мыло.

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  2. I got soap in my eyes.

    Мені мило в очі потрапило.

    ruМне мыло в глаза попало.

    deMir ist Seife in die Augen geraten!

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  3. We wash our hands with soap.

    Ми миємо руки з милом.

    ruМы моем руки с мылом.

    deWir waschen uns die Hände mit Seife.

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  4. I need some soap.

    Мені потрібне мило.

    ruМне нужно мыло.

    deIch brauche etwas Seife.

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  5. There isn't any soap.

    Мила немає.

    ruМыла нет.

    deEs ist keine Seife da.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English sope, sape, from Old English sāpe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-West Ger

From Middle English sope, sape, from Old English sāpe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”).

Probably an abbreviation of sodium pentothal.

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