"impalpable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-impalpable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more impalpable [comparative], most impalpable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French impalpable, from Medieval Latin impalpabilis. See im- + palpable. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|impalpable}} Middle French impalpable, {{der|en|ML.|impalpabilis}} Medieval Latin impalpabilis, {{af|en|in-|palpable|alt1=im-}} im- + palpable Head templates: {{en-adj}} impalpable (comparative more impalpable, superlative most impalpable)
  1. Not able to be perceived by the senses (especially by touch); intangible or insubstantial; not easily grasped or understood. Derived forms: impalpably Translations (not perceivable): неосезаем (neosezaem) (Bulgarian), недоловим (nedolovim) (Bulgarian), ongrijpbaar (Dutch), ontastbaar (Dutch), impalpable (French), ungreifbar (German), do-airithe (Irish), doshonraithe (Irish), domhothaithe (Irish), dobhraite (Irish), impalpabile (Italian), impalpable (Spanish)

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