tangible

English

Etymology

From Middle French tangible, from Latin tangibilis, from tangere (“to touch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæn.dʒə.bl/

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Adjective

tangible (comparative more tangible, superlative most tangible)

1. Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch; palpable.
2. Possible to be treated as fact; real or concrete.
3. Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.

Translations

touchable, palpable

• Bulgarian: осезаем (bg) m (osezaem)
• Catalan: tangible (ca)
• Dutch: tastbaar (nl)
• Finnish: kouriintuntuva, käsin kosketeltava
• French: tangible (fr) m, f
• Galician: tanxible (gl), tanxíbel (gl)
• German: greifbar (de), erfühlbar
• Greek: απτός (el) (aptós), αισθητός (el) m (aisthitós), χειροπιαστός (el) m (cheiropiastós)
• Hebrew: מוחשי‏‎ m (muchashi)
• Italian: tangibile (it)

• Maori: whaikiko
• Norwegian: følbar

  Bokmål: materiell

  Nynorsk: materiell

• Polish: namacalny (pl) m, dotykalny (pl) m
• Portuguese: tangível (pt)
• Romanian: tangibil (ro) m, palpabil (ro) m
• Russian: осяза́емый (ru) (osjazájemyj), ощути́мый (ru) (oščutímyj)
• Spanish: tangible (es)

possible to be treated as fact

• Bulgarian: конкретен (bg) m (konkreten), веществен (bg) m (veštestven)
• Dutch: concreet (nl)
• Finnish: kouriintuntuva, todellinen (fi)
• German: konkret (de)
• Greek: ενυπόστατος (el) m (enypóstatos)

• Italian: tangibile (it)
• Norwegian: håndgripelig, konkret (no)
• Polish: konkretny (pl) m
• Portuguese: tangível (pt)
• Russian: реа́льный (ru) (reálʹnyj), конкре́тный (ru) (konkrétnyj), осяза́емый (ru) (osjazájemyj), ощути́мый (ru) (oščutímyj), заме́тный (ru) (zamétnyj)

comprehensible by the mind; understandable

• Bulgarian: разбираем (bg) m (razbiraem)
• Dutch: begrijpelijk (nl)
• Finnish: ymmärrettävä (fi)
• German: erfassbar, fassbar (de), begreifbar
• Greek: αντιληπτός (el) m (antiliptós)

• Italian: tangibile (it)
• Norwegian: begripelig, forståelig (no), fattbar
• Polish: zrozumiały (pl) m
• Russian: поня́тный (ru) (ponjátnyj)

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• Ido: tushebla

Noun

tangible (plural tangibles)

1. Real or concrete results.

   Yes, but what are the tangibles?

See also

• real
• palpable
• touch

Anagrams

• belating, bleating

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tangibilis.

Adjective

tangible (masculine and feminine plural tangibles)

1. tangible

Antonyms

• intangible

Derived terms

• tangibilitat
• tangiblement

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French

Etymology

From Latin tangibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.ʒibl/

Adjective

tangible (plural tangibles)

1. tangible

Derived terms

• tangiblement

Related terms

• intangible
• tangibilité

Further reading

• “tangible” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tangibilis.

Adjective

tangible (plural tangibles)

1. tangible

Antonyms

• intangible