impermeable

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɜːmɪəbəl/
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• Canada, General-American: /ɪmˈpɝmɪəbəl/
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• Canada, General-American: /ɪmˈpɝmiəbəl/
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• Australian: /ɪmˈpɜːmɪəbəl/
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Apparently from im- + permeable. Compare French imperméable, from Latin impermeābilis, from im- + permeābilis (“permeable”).

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: непранікальны (njepranikalʹny) — impossible to permeate
• Bulgarian: непроницаем (nepronicaem) — impossible to permeate
• Bulgarian: херметичен (hermetičen) — impossible to permeate
• Catalan: impermeable — impossible to permeate
• French: imperméable — impossible to permeate
• Galician: impermeábel — impossible to permeate
• German: dicht — impossible to permeate
• Greek: αδιαπέραστος (adiapérastos) — impossible to permeate
• Indonesian: kedap — impossible to permeate
• Irish: neamh-thréscaoilteach — impossible to permeate
• Irish: neamhscagach — impossible to permeate
• Latin: impermeābilis — impossible to permeate
• Malay: tak telap — impossible to permeate
• Māori: tukukore — impossible to permeate
• Portuguese: impermeável — impossible to permeate
• Russian: непроницаемый (nepronicajemyj) — impossible to permeate
• Spanish: impermeable — impossible to permeate
• Swedish: ogenomtränglig — impossible to permeate
• Swedish: tät — impossible to permeate
• Tagalog: dimatulot — impossible to permeate
• Welsh: anathraidd — impossible to permeate
• Belarusian: непрамакальны (njepramakalʹny) — not allowing passage of liquids
• Bulgarian: непромокаем (nepromokaem) — not allowing passage of liquids
• Catalan: impermeable — not allowing passage of liquids
• Finnish: läpäisemätön — not allowing passage of liquids
• French: imperméable — not allowing passage of liquids
• Galician: impermeábel — not allowing passage of liquids
• German: dicht — not allowing passage of liquids
• Greek: αδιάβροχος (adiávrochos) — not allowing passage of liquids
• Irish: neamh-thréscaoilteach — not allowing passage of liquids
• Portuguese: impermeável — not allowing passage of liquids
• Russian: непромока́емый (nepromokájemyj) — not allowing passage of liquids
• Spanish: impermeable — not allowing passage of liquids
• Swedish: ogenomtränglig — not allowing passage of liquids
• Swedish: tät — not allowing passage of liquids
• Swedish: vattentät — not allowing passage of liquids
• Tagalog: dimatulot — not allowing passage of liquids