tangible

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtæn(d)ʒɪb(ə)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtændʒəbəl/

• Audio (GA)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ændʒɪbəl
• Hyphenation: tan‧gi‧ble

Adjective

tangible (comparative more tangible, superlative most tangible)

1. Touchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch

   Synonym: palpable

2. Possible to be treated as fact; real or concrete.
   • 2021 May 15, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-1 Leicester”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     And for Rodgers, who cleaned up with Celtic in Scotland, this was another significant addition to his CV, as his expert guidance of Leicester - who are in a strong position to finish in the Premier League's top four and face Chelsea again at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday - now has a tangible reward in the shape of the FA Cup.

3. Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.

Synonyms

• (touchable): See also Thesaurus:tactile
• (possible to be treated as fact): Thesaurus:substantial
• (comprehensible by the mind): See also Thesaurus:comprehensible

Antonyms

• intangible

Translations

touchable, palpable

• Bulgarian: осезаем (bg) m (osezaem)
• Catalan: tangible (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可觸摸的

• Danish: materiel
• Dutch: tastbaar (nl)
• Finnish: kouriintuntuva (fi), käsin kosketeltava
• French: tangible (fr) m or f, palpable (fr)
• Galician: tanxible (gl), tanxíbel (gl)
• German: greifbar (de), erfühlbar
• Greek: απτός (el) (aptós), αισθητός (el) m (aisthitós), χειροπιαστός (el) m (cheiropiastós)
• Hebrew: מוחשי‎ (he) m (muchashi)
• Hungarian: tapintható (hu), anyagi (hu), materiális (hu), tárgyi (hu), érzékelhető (hu)

• Italian: tangibile (it), palpabile (it)
• Latin: tactilis
• 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), palpable (es)
• Swedish: påtaglig (sv), handgriplig

possible to be treated as fact

• Bulgarian: конкретен (bg) m (konkreten), веществен (bg) m (veštestven)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 切實的

• Danish: håndgribelig, konkret (da)
• Dutch: concreet (nl)
• Finnish: kouriintuntuva (fi), todellinen (fi), aineellinen (fi)
• Galician: tanxíbel (gl) m or f
• German: konkret (de)

• Greek: ενυπόστατος (el) m (enypóstatos)
• Hungarian: kézzelfogható (hu), tárgyi (hu), materiális (hu)
• 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)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 明確的

• Dutch: begrijpelijk (nl)
• Finnish: ymmärrettävä (fi)
• Galician: entendíbel (gl) m or f
• German: erfassbar, fassbar (de), begreifbar (de)

• Greek: αντιληπτός (el) m (antiliptós)
• Hungarian: érthető (hu), felfogható (hu)
• Italian: tangibile (it)
• Norwegian: begripelig, forståelig (no), fattbar
• Polish: zrozumiały (pl) m
• Russian: поня́тный (ru) (ponjátnyj)

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• Ido: ^{(please verify)} tushebla

Noun

tangible (plural tangibles)

1. A physical object, something that can be touched.
2. Real or concrete results.

   Yes, but what are the tangibles?

See also

• real
• palpable
• touch

Anagrams

• belating, bleating

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango.

Adjective

tangible (masculine and feminine plural tangibles)

1. tangible

Antonyms

• intangible

Derived terms

• tangibilitat
• tangiblement

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.ʒibl/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

tangible (plural tangibles)

1. tangible

Derived terms

• tangiblement

Related terms

• intangible
• tangibilité

Further reading

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

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango.

Adjective

tangible (plural tangibles)

1. tangible

   Antonym: intangible

Derived terms

• tangiblemente

Further reading

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