adj
Meaning 1
Not able to be touched.
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
untouchable
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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adj
Meaning 2
Not able to be defeated or bested.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The Minnesota Vikings have been untouchable this year as they've won their sixth consecutive game.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A criminal who is so well-connected that they cannot be harmed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
Synonym of outcast: a person excluded from society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outcast
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A member of the lowest and most discriminated caste in traditional Indian society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India
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noun
Meaning 6
A law enforcement agent immune to intimidation, bribery, or seduction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
not capable of being obtained
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a rare work, today almost inaccessible
- timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands
- untouchable resources buried deep within the earth
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
Meaning 9
forbidden to the touch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- in most museums such articles are untouchable
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 10
impossible to assail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unassailable
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment- Newsweek
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Harijan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael
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 touchable English untouchable From un- + touchable.
Across languages
Translations
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: недосега̀ем (nedosegàem) — not able to be touched
- Bulgarian: неприкосновѐн (neprikosnovèn) — not able to be touched
- Catalan: intocable — not able to be touched
- Catalan: intangible — not able to be touched
- Esperanto: netuŝebla — not able to be touched
- Finnish: koskematon — not able to be touched
- French: intouchable — not able to be touched
- German: unantastbar — not able to be touched
- Ancient Greek: ἀθίγγανος (athínganos) — not able to be touched
- Hungarian: érinthetetlen — not able to be touched
- Italian: intoccabile — not able to be touched
- Polish: niedotykalny — not able to be touched
- Portuguese: intocável — not able to be touched
- Russian: неприкаса́емый (neprikasájemyj) — not able to be touched
- Russian: неприкоснове́нный (neprikosnovénnyj) — not able to be touched
- Serbo-Croatian: недодѝрљив — not able to be touched
- Serbo-Croatian: nedodìrljiv — not able to be touched
- Spanish: intocable — not able to be touched
- Swedish: oantastlig — not able to be touched
- Telugu: అంటరాని (aṇṭarāni) — not able to be touched
- Welsh: anghyffyrddadwy — not able to be touched
- Bulgarian: недосегаем (nedosegaem) — criminal
- Greek: παρίας (parías) — criminal
- Hungarian: érinthetetlen — criminal
- Polish: nietykalny — criminal
- Spanish: intocable — criminal
- Yemeni Arabic: المهمشين (al-Muhamashīn) — member of the lowest caste
- Catalan: pària — member of the lowest caste
- Catalan: intocable — member of the lowest caste
- Chinese Mandarin: 賤民 /贱民 (jiànmín) — member of the lowest caste
- Estonian: paaria — member of the lowest caste
- Finnish: kastiton — member of the lowest caste
- Finnish: koskematon — member of the lowest caste
- Finnish: paaria — member of the lowest caste
- Finnish: hylkiö — member of the lowest caste
- French: intouchable — member of the lowest caste
- French: paria — member of the lowest caste
- German: Unberührbarer m Paria — member of the lowest caste
- Greek: παρίας (parías) — member of the lowest caste
- Hindi: अछूत (achūt) — member of the lowest caste
- Hungarian: érinthetetlen — member of the lowest caste
- Ido: paria — member of the lowest caste
- Indonesian: paria — member of the lowest caste
- Irish: duine seachanta — member of the lowest caste
- Japanese: パーリア (pāria) — member of the lowest caste
- Japanese: パーリヤ (pāriya) — member of the lowest caste
- Japanese: 不可触民 (fukashokumin) — member of the lowest caste
- Japanese: 部落民 (Burakumin) — member of the lowest caste
- Korean: 백정 (baekjeong) — member of the lowest caste
- Malayalam: പറയൻ (paṟayaṉ) — member of the lowest caste
- Polish: parias — member of the lowest caste
- Polish: nietykalny — member of the lowest caste
- Polish: nietykalna — member of the lowest caste
- Portuguese: pária — member of the lowest caste
- Portuguese: pariá — member of the lowest caste
- Romanian: paria — member of the lowest caste
- Russian: па́рия (párija) — member of the lowest caste
- Spanish: paria — member of the lowest caste
- Spanish: intocable — member of the lowest caste
- Tamil: பறையன் (paṟaiyaṉ) — member of the lowest caste
- Telugu: అంటరానివాడు (aṇṭarānivāḍu) — member of the lowest caste
- Urdu: چنڈال — member of the lowest caste
- Finnish: lahjomaton — incorruptible law enforcement agent
- Greek: αδιάφθορος (adiáfthoros) — incorruptible law enforcement agent
- Polish: nietykalny — incorruptible law enforcement agent
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