"impervious" meaning in English

See impervious in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪmˈpɜːvi.əs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪmˈpɝ.vi.əs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-impervious.ogg Forms: more impervious [comparative], most impervious [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)viəs Etymology: From Latin impervius (“that cannot be passed through”), from in- (“not”) + pervius (“letting things through”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|impervius||that cannot be passed through}} Latin impervius (“that cannot be passed through”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} impervious (comparative more impervious, superlative most impervious)
  1. Unaffected or unable to be affected by something. Translations (unaffected or unable to be affected by something): неуязвим (neujazvim) (Bulgarian), immune (Catalan), 无动于衷 (wúdòngyúzhōng) (Chinese Mandarin), 不受影响的 (Chinese Mandarin), onvatbaar (Dutch), ongevoelig (Dutch), immunisé (French), insensible (French), gleichgültig (German), unempfindlich (German), megingathatatlan (Hungarian), impérvio (Portuguese), indiferent (Romanian), insensibil (Romanian), непроница́емый (nepronicájemyj) (Russian), невосприи́мчивый (nevospriímčivyj) (Russian), неуязви́мый (neujazvímyj) (Russian), inmune (Spanish), etkilenmez (Turkish), несприйня́тливий (nespryjnjátlyvyj) (Ukrainian), невразли́вий (nevrazlývyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-impervious-en-adj-wHaMDV9A Disambiguation of 'unaffected or unable to be affected by something': 98 1 1
  2. Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water. Translations (preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable): непроницаем (nepronicaem) (Bulgarian), impenetrable (Catalan), impermeable (Catalan), ondoordringbaar (Dutch), ondoorlaatbaar (Dutch), impénétrable (French), imperméable (French), undurchlässig (German), áthatolhatatlan (Hungarian), impermeabile (Italian), 鉄壁の (teppeki no) (Japanese), pītongatonga (Maori), ugjennomtrengelig (Norwegian Bokmål), ugjennomtrengeleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), ugjennomtrengjeleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), impenetrável (Portuguese), impérvio (Portuguese), impenetrabil (Romanian), impermeabil (Romanian), непроница́емый (nepronicájemyj) (Russian), impenetrable (Spanish), impermeable (Spanish), geçirmez (Turkish), su geçirmez (Turkish), непроникни́й (nepronyknýj) (Ukrainian), непрони́кливий (nepronýklyvyj) (Ukrainian)
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  3. Immune to damage or effect. Translations (immune to damage or effect): неуязвим (neujazvim) (Bulgarian), immune (Catalan), invulnerable (Catalan), onkwetsbaar (Dutch), ongevoelig (Dutch), intouchable (French), insensible (French), undurchdringlich (German), undurchdringbar (German), ellenálló (Hungarian), impérvio (Portuguese), insensibil (Romanian), невосприи́мчивый (nevospriímčivyj) (Russian), неуязви́мый (neujazvímyj) (Russian), insensible (Spanish), invulnerable (Spanish), dayanıklı (Turkish), несприйня́тливий (nespryjnjátlyvyj) (Ukrainian), невразли́вий (nevrazlývyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-impervious-en-adj-uCzsqGzJ Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 49 42 Disambiguation of 'immune to damage or effect': 1 1 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: imperviously, imperviousness
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          "text": "Although patchworked and sagging, the roof proved impervious to the weather.",
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          "ref": "2023 December 13, Robin Leleux, “Restored... and a richly deserved award: Findlater's Corner”, in RAIL, number 998, page 43:",
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          "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
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          "_dis1": "1 1 97",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neujazvim",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "неуязвим"
    },
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "immune"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúdòngyúzhōng",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "无动于衷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "不受影响的"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "onvatbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "ongevoelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "immunisé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "insensible"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "gleichgültig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "unempfindlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "megingathatatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "impérvio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "indiferent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "insensibil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepronicájemyj",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "непроница́емый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nevospriímčivyj",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "невосприи́мчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neujazvímyj",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "неуязви́мый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "inmune"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "etkilenmez"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nespryjnjátlyvyj",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "несприйня́тливий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nevrazlývyj",
      "sense": "unaffected or unable to be affected by something",
      "word": "невразли́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nepronicaem",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "непроницаем"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "impenetrable"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "impermeable"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "ondoordringbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "ondoorlaatbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "impénétrable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "imperméable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "undurchlässig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "áthatolhatatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "impermeabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "teppeki no",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "鉄壁の"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "pītongatonga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "ugjennomtrengelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "ugjennomtrengeleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "ugjennomtrengjeleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "impenetrável"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "impérvio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "impenetrabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "impermeabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepronicájemyj",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "непроница́емый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "impenetrable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "impermeable"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "geçirmez"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "su geçirmez"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nepronyknýj",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "непроникни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nepronýklyvyj",
      "sense": "preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable",
      "word": "непрони́кливий"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "neujazvim",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "неуязвим"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "immune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "invulnerable"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "onkwetsbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "ongevoelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "intouchable"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "insensible"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "undurchdringlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "undurchdringbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "ellenálló"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "impérvio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "insensibil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nevospriímčivyj",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "невосприи́мчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neujazvímyj",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "неуязви́мый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "insensible"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "invulnerable"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "dayanıklı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nespryjnjátlyvyj",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "несприйня́тливий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nevrazlývyj",
      "sense": "immune to damage or effect",
      "word": "невразли́вий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "impervious"
}

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