"imperturbable" meaning in English

See imperturbable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌɪmpəˈtɜːbəbəl/ [UK], /ˌɪmpɚˈtɝbəbəl/ [US] Forms: more imperturbable [comparative], most imperturbable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English imperturbable, from Middle French imperturbable and directly from Late Latin imperturbābilis, from im- + perturbō + -bilis. By surface analysis, im- + perturbable. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|imperturbable}} Middle English imperturbable, {{der|en|frm|imperturbable}} Middle French imperturbable, {{der|en|LL.|imperturbābilis}} Late Latin imperturbābilis, {{m|la|im-}} im-, {{m|la|perturbō}} perturbō, {{m|la|-bilis}} -bilis, {{surf|en|im-|perturbable}} By surface analysis, im- + perturbable Head templates: {{en-adj}} imperturbable (comparative more imperturbable, superlative most imperturbable)
  1. Not easily perturbed, upset or excited. Categories (topical): Personality Translations (not easily perturbed): невъзмутим (nevǎzmutim) (Bulgarian), impertorbable (Catalan), tyyni (Finnish), rauhallinen (Finnish), järkkymätön (Finnish), järkähtämätön (Finnish), imperturbable (French), imperturbable (Galician), unerschütterlich (German), αθορύβητος (athorývitos) (Greek), fuarchúiseach (Irish), imperturbabile (Italian), taumauri (Maori), imperturbable (Occitan), niewzruszony (Polish), imperturbável (Portuguese), невозмутимый (nevozmutimyj) (Russian), imperturbable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-imperturbable-en-adj-CFkHrkTz Disambiguation of Personality: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'not easily perturbed': 95 5
  2. Calm and collected, even under pressure. Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-imperturbable-en-adj-VYGUGyck Disambiguation of Personality: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with im- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with im-: 37 63

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