adj
Meaning 1
Unable to be detected; not detectable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
undetectable
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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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
barely able to be perceived
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the transition was almost indiscernible
- an almost insensible change
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: indiscernible, insensible
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
not easily seen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English detect Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English detectable English undetectable From un- + detectable.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: неоткриваем (neotkrivaem) — Unable to be detected
- Finnish: ei havaittavissa — Unable to be detected
- French: indétectable — Unable to be detected
- Italian: non rilevabile — Unable to be detected
- Macedonian: незабе́лежлив (nezabéležliv) — Unable to be detected
- Polish: nieodczuwalny — Unable to be detected
- Polish: niewykrywalny — Unable to be detected
- Portuguese: indetectável — Unable to be detected
- Portuguese: indetetável — Unable to be detected
- Romanian: nedetectabil — Unable to be detected
- Spanish: indetectable — Unable to be detected