untouchable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ touch +‎ -able

Adjective

untouchable (comparative more untouchable, superlative most untouchable)

1. Not able to be touched.

Derived terms

• untouchableness
• untouchable number

Translations

not able to be touched

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

• Portuguese: intocável (pt) m, f
• Russian: неприкаса́емый (ru) (neprikasájemyj), неприкоснове́нный (ru) (neprikosnovénnyj) (sacrosanct)
• Serbo-Croatian: недодирљив, nedodirljiv (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 of use of 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, f
• Hindi: चांडाल (hi) (cāṇḍāl)

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

incorruptible law enforcement agent

• Finnish: lahjomaton (fi)

• Greek: αδιάφθορος (el) m (adiáfthoros)

Further reading

• untouchable on Wikipedia.Wikipedia