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

• 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

• 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

• Dutch: begrijpelijk (nl)
• Finnish: ymmärrettävä (fi)
• German: erfassbar, fassbar, 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 m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural tangibles)

1. tangible

Antonyms

• intangible

Derived terms

• tangibilitat
• tangiblement

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.ʒibl/

Etymology

From Latin tangibilis.

Adjective

tangible m, f ‎(plural tangibles)

1. tangible

Derived terms

• tangiblement

Related terms

• intangible
• tangibilité

External links

• “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 m, f ‎(plural tangibles)

1. tangible

Antonyms

• intangible