adj
Meaning 1
Incapable of being touched or felt; incorporeal, intangible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
impalpable
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adj
Meaning 2
Not able to be perceived, or able to be perceived only with difficulty; insubstantial, thin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Not easily grasped (mentally) or understood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 4
imperceptible to the senses or the mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an impalpable cloud
- impalpable shadows
- impalpable distinctions
- as impalpable as a dream
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: palpable
adjective
Meaning 5
incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch- James Jeans
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the intangible constituent of energy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intangible
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
not perceptible to the touch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an impalpable pulse
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle French impalpable, from Medieval Latin impalpabilis. See im- + palpable.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неосезаем (neosezaem) — not perceivable
- Bulgarian: недоловим (nedolovim) — not perceivable
- Dutch: ongrijpbaar — not perceivable
- Dutch: ontastbaar — not perceivable
- Finnish: vaikea aistia — not perceivable
- Finnish: vaikea tuntea — not perceivable
- French: impalpable — not perceivable
- German: ungreifbar — not perceivable
- Irish: do-airithe — not perceivable
- Irish: doshonraithe — not perceivable
- Irish: domhothaithe — not perceivable
- Irish: dobhraite — not perceivable
- Italian: impalpabile — not perceivable
- Polish: niewyczuwalny — not perceivable
- Spanish: impalpable — not perceivable