permeable
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See also: perméable
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English permeable, permiable, from Latin permeābilis.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)miəbəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]permeable (comparative more permeable, superlative most permeable)
- Able to be permeated; absorbing or allowing the passage of fluids.
- Synonym: water-permeable
- Antonyms: impermeable, impervious, nonpermeable
- permeable strata
- Rainwater sinks through permeable rock to form an underground reservoir.
- (by extension) Allowing the passage of persons, information, or other things, especially when such passage occurs despite hopes or expectations otherwise.
- Synonym: penetrable
- Antonyms: impermeable, impenetrable, nonpermeable
- permeable borders
- permeable boundaries
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]that absorbs or allows the passage of fluids
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “permeable, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin permeābilis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]permeable m or f (masculine and feminine plural permeables)
- permeable
- Antonym: impermeable
Related terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin permeābilis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]permeable m or f (masculine and feminine plural permeables)
- permeable
- Antonym: impermeable
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “permeable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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