untouchable

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ touch +‎ -able.

Adjective

untouchable (comparative more untouchable, superlative most untouchable)

1. Not able to be touched.
2. Not able to be defeated or bested.

   The Minnesota Vikings have been untouchable this year as they've won their sixth consecutive game.

Derived terms

• untouchability
• untouchableness
• untouchable number

 

Translations

not able to be touched

• Catalan: intocable
• Esperanto: netuŝebla
• Finnish: koskematon (fi)
• French: intouchable (fr)
• German: unantastbar (de)
• Hungarian: érinthetetlen (hu)

• Portuguese: intocável (pt) m or f
• Russian: неприкаса́емый (ru) (neprikasájemyj), неприкоснове́нный (ru) (neprikosnovénnyj) (sacrosanct)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: недодѝрљив

  Roman: nedodìrljiv (sh)

• Spanish: intocable (es)
• Telugu: అంటరాని (aṇṭarāni)

Noun

untouchable (plural untouchables)

1. A criminal who is so adept that they cannot be arrested or convicted.
2. A pariah.
3. In the Indian caste system, a member of the lowest caste.
4. An incorruptible law enforcement agent.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:untouchable.

Translations

criminal

• Greek: παρίας (el) m (parías)

• Hungarian: érinthetetlen (hu)

pariah — see pariah

member of the lowest caste

• Finnish: kastiton, koskematon (fi)
• French: intouchable (fr) m or f
• Hindi: अछूत (hi) (achūt)

• Hungarian: érinthetetlen (hu)
• Telugu: అంటరానివాడు (aṇṭarānivāḍu)
• Urdu: چنڈال‎

incorruptible law enforcement agent

• Finnish: lahjomaton (fi)

• Greek: αδιάφθορος (el) m (adiáfthoros)

Further reading

• untouchable on Wikipedia.Wikipedia