adj
Meaning 1
Incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: tangible
Standard Lemma guide
intangible
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/
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UK: [ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.bl̩]
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US: /ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒə.bəl/
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adj
Meaning 2
Difficult to define or describe clearly, but nonetheless perceived.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- an intangible quality of serenity in the music
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Anything intangible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Incorporeal property that is saleable though not material, such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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: impalpable
Antonyms: tangible
adjective
Meaning 6
(of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- intangible assets such as good will
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: tangible
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- that intangible thing--the soul
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nonphysical
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
hard to pin down or identify
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an intangible feeling of impending disaster
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
assets that are saleable though not material or physical
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: intangible asset
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assets
Narrower terms: good will, goodwill
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French intangible, from Medieval Latin intangibilis, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: غَيْر مَلْمُوس (ḡayr malmūs) — incapable of being perceived
- Arabic: مَعْنَوِيّ (maʕnawiyy) — incapable of being perceived
- Bulgarian: неуловим (neulovim) — incapable of being perceived
- Bulgarian: неосезаем (neosezaem) — incapable of being perceived
- Catalan: intangible — incapable of being perceived
- Chinese Mandarin: 無形的 /无形的 (wúxíng de) — incapable of being perceived
- Czech: nehmatatelný — incapable of being perceived
- Czech: nehmotný — incapable of being perceived
- Dutch: ontastbaar — incapable of being perceived
- Dutch: ongrijpbaar — incapable of being perceived
- Finnish: abstrakti — incapable of being perceived
- Finnish: aineeton — incapable of being perceived
- French: intangible — incapable of being perceived
- French: immatériel — incapable of being perceived
- German: abstrakt — incapable of being perceived
- German: ungreifbar — incapable of being perceived
- German: immateriell — incapable of being perceived
- German: vage — incapable of being perceived
- German: unklar — incapable of being perceived
- Greek: ασαφής (asafís) — incapable of being perceived
- Greek: ακαθόριστος (akathóristos) — incapable of being perceived
- Greek: αδιόρατος (adióratos) — incapable of being perceived
- Greek: αόριστος (aóristos) — incapable of being perceived
- Indonesian: takbenda — incapable of being perceived
- Italian: intangibile — incapable of being perceived
- Japanese: 無形 (mukei) — incapable of being perceived
- Kazakh: бейматериалдық (beimaterialdyq) — incapable of being perceived
- Kazakh: материалды емес (materialdy emes) — incapable of being perceived
- Kazakh: материалдық емес (materialdyq emes) — incapable of being perceived
- Latin: intactilis — incapable of being perceived
- Manx: neuventynagh — incapable of being perceived
- Manx: neuloaghtagh — incapable of being perceived
- Norwegian Bokmål: immateriell — incapable of being perceived
- Norwegian Nynorsk: immateriell — incapable of being perceived
- Polish: nieuchwytny — incapable of being perceived
- Portuguese: intangível — incapable of being perceived
- Romanian: intangibil — incapable of being perceived
- Romanian: de neatins — incapable of being perceived
- Romanian: nepalpabil — incapable of being perceived
- Russian: неосяза́емый (neosjazájemyj) — incapable of being perceived
- Russian: неулови́мый (neulovímyj) — incapable of being perceived
- Spanish: intangible — incapable of being perceived
- Dutch: ontastbare — anything intangible
- Finnish: aineeton asia — anything intangible
- Greek: άυλος (áylos) — anything intangible
- Japanese: 触れられないもの — anything intangible
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