impermeable

See also: imperméable

English

Etymology

From French imperméable, from Latin impermeābilis, from im- + permeābilis (“permeable”).

Adjective

impermeable (comparative more impermeable, superlative most impermeable)

1. Impossible to permeate.
2. Not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof.

Synonyms

• sealed

Antonyms

• permeable

Related terms

• impermeability
• nonpermeable
• permeability

 

Translations

impossible to permeate

• Bulgarian: непроницаем (bg) (nepronicaem), херметичен (hermetičen)
• Catalan: impermeable (ca)
• French: imperméable (fr)
• German: dicht (de)
• Greek: αδιαπέραστος (el) m (adiapérastos)
• Irish: neamh-thréscaoilteach
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• Portuguese: impermeável (pt)
• Russian: непроницаемый (ru) (nepronicajemyj)
• Spanish: impermeable (es)
• Swedish: ogenomtränglig, tät (sv)
• Tagalog: dimatulot

not allowing passage of liquids

• Catalan: impermeable (ca)
• French: imperméable (fr)
• German: dicht (de)
• Greek: αδιάβροχος (el) m (adiávrochos)
• Irish: neamh-thréscaoilteach
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• Portuguese: impermeável (pt)
• Russian: непромока́емый (ru) (nepromokájemyj)
• Spanish: impermeable (es)
• Swedish: ogenomtränglig, tät (sv), vattentät (sv)
• Tagalog: dimatulot

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin impermeābilis, equivalent to im- +‎ permeable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [im.pər.meˈab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [im.peɾ.meˈa.ble]

Adjective

impermeable m or f (masculine and feminine plural impermeables)

1. impermeable

   Antonym: permeable

Noun

impermeable m (plural impermeables)

1. raincoat

Related terms

• impermeabilitat

Further reading

• “impermeable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “impermeable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “impermeable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “impermeable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “impermeable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Alternative forms

• impermeábel

Etymology

From Latin impermeābilis, equivalent to im- +‎ permeable.

Adjective

impermeable m or f (plural impermeables)

1. impermeable, waterproof

   Antonym: permeable

Noun

impermeable m (plural impermeables)

1. raincoat

Derived terms

• impermeabilidade
• impermeabilizar

Further reading

• “impermeable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin impermeābilis, equivalent to im- +‎ permeable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /impeɾmeˈable/ [ĩm.peɾ.meˈa.β̞le]

Adjective

impermeable m or f (masculine and feminine plural impermeables)

1. impermeable, waterproof

   Antonym: permeable

Noun

impermeable m (plural impermeables)

1. raincoat

Derived terms

• impermeabilidad
• impermeabilizar

Further reading

• “impermeable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014