tactile

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæktaɪl/, /ˈtæktəl/

• Audio (UK):

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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.

Translations

tangible

• Catalan: tàctil
• Danish: taktil
• French: tactile (fr)
• Galician: táctil
• German: fühlbar (de)
• Greek: απτός (el) m (aptós), ψηλαφητός (el) m (psilafitós)
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• 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)
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• Greek: αισθητός (el) m (aisthitós)
• Turkish: dokunulur

of, or relating to the sense of touch

• Asturian: táctil
• Catalan: tàctil
• Danish: taktil
• Galician: táctil
• German: fühlbar (de), (medicine, psychology) taktil (de)
• Greek: απτός (el) m (aptós)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: taktil

  Nynorsk: taktil

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• 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

Further reading

• “tactile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “tactile”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “tactile”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• lattice, talcite

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tāctilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tak.til/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

tactile (plural tactiles)

1. tactile
2. haptic

Derived terms

• écran tactile
• tactilement

Further reading

• “tactile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) tāctile

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