bubbel

== Dutch == === Etymology === Originally a variant of bobbel. From Middle Dutch bubbel. Several senses are semantic loans from English bubble. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʏ.bəl/ Hyphenation: bub‧bel Rhymes: -ʏbəl === Noun === bubbel m (plural bubbels, diminutive bubbeltje n) a bubble (spheric volume of air or another gas) Synonym: bel a bubble ((period of) economic activity depending on speculation or embezzlement) Synonym: zeepbel a bubble (unknowingly socially divergent and isolated clique) (This is a hot sense, kept provisionally) a bubble (relatively isolated group of people who limited their social contacts largely to each other, e.g. to prevent infection during a pandemic) 2020 June 3, "Van vier vaste vrienden in je bubbel naar tien per week: hoe zit dat juist, en wat zijn de “zes gouden regels”?", Het Laatste Nieuws, replaced originial emphasis. ==== Derived terms ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === Back-formation from bubbla. === Noun === bubbel n something that bubbles (colloquial) sparkling wine, bubbly Synonym: mousserande vin (colloquial) blather ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== bubbelbad bubbelvatten ==== See also ==== skumpa === References === bubbel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) bubbel in Svensk ordbok (SO)