impenetrable

English

Etymology

From im- + penetrate + -able.

Adjective

impenetrable (not comparable)

1. not penetrable

   The fortress is impenetrable, so it cannot be taken.

2. incomprehensible; inscrutable

   Business jargon makes this document impenetrable, I can't understand it.

Antonyms

• penetrable

Translations

not penetrable

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: neproniknutelný (cs) m. Dutch: ondoordringbaar (nl) Finnish: läpitunkematon (fi)

French: impénétrable (fr) German: undurchlässig (de) Romanian: impenetrabil (ro) m. and n., de nepătruns (ro) m., f., and n., de nestrăpuns (ro) Russian: (impermeable) непроницаемый (ru) (nepronicájemyj), непроходимый (ru) (neproxodímyj)