tactile

English

Etymology

From French tactile, from Latin tactilis (“that may be touched, tangible”), from tangere (“to touch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæktaɪl/

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Adjective

tactile (comparative more tactile, superlative most tactile)

1. Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.
2. Used for feeling.
3. Of, or relating to the sense of touch.
   • H. N. Martin

     The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is greatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm.

Related terms

• tact
• tactility
• tangent

Translations

tangible

• Catalan: tàctil
• French: tactile (fr)
• Galician: táctil
• German: fühlbar
• Manx: bentynagh

• Portuguese: tátil (pt)
• Serbo-Croatian: опипљив m (opipljiv), тактилан m (taktilan)
• Spanish: táctil (es)
• Turkish: elle tutulur

used for feeling

• Catalan: tàctil
• German: taktil (de)

• Turkish: dokunulur

of, or relating to the sense of touch

• Asturian: táctil
• Catalan: tàctil
• Galician: táctil
• German: fühlbar, (medicine, psychology) taktil (de)
• Occitan: tactil

• Polish: dotykowy (pl)
• Spanish: táctil (es)
• Turkish: dokunsal (tr), dokunmayla ilgili, (medicine) taktil, dokunma duyusuna ilişkin, dokunma duyusuyla algılanabilen

See also

• haptic
• palpable
• touchable

External links

• tactile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• tactile in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• tactile at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• lattice

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French

Etymology

From Latin tactilis.

Adjective

tactile (masculine and feminine, plural tactiles)

1. tactile

Derived terms

• écran tactile

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Latin

Adjective

tactile

1. nominative neuter singular of tactilis
2. accusative neuter singular of tactilis
3. vocative neuter singular of tactilis