English Explanatory Dictionary

impalpable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Incapable of being touched or felt; incorporeal, intangible.
  2. Not able to be perceived, or able to be perceived only with difficulty; insubstantial, thin.
  3. Not easily grasped (mentally) or understood.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impalpable.wav

Word forms

impalpable more impalpable most impalpable

Etymology

From Middle French impalpable, from Medieval Latin impalpabilis. See im- + palpable.

Derived words

impalpability impalpably

Translations

Bulgarian: неосезаем Bulgarian: недоловим Dutch: ongrijpbaar Dutch: ontastbaar Finnish: vaikea aistia Finnish: vaikea tuntea French: impalpable German: ungreifbar Irish: do-airithe Irish: doshonraithe Irish: domhothaithe Irish: dobhraite Italian: impalpabile Polish: niewyczuwalny Spanish: impalpable
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