"penetrable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɛnətɹəbəl/ Forms: more penetrable [comparative], most penetrable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English penetrable, penytrable, from Old French penetrable, from Medieval Latin penetrābilis. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|penetrable}} Middle English penetrable, {{der|en|fro|penetrable}} Old French penetrable, {{der|en|ML.|penetrābilis}} Medieval Latin penetrābilis Head templates: {{en-adj}} penetrable (comparative more penetrable, superlative most penetrable)
  1. Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Translations (capable of being penetrated): проницаем (pronicaem) (Bulgarian), proniknutelný [masculine] (Czech), doordringbaar (Dutch), läpäistävä (Finnish), läpäistävissä oleva (Finnish), pénétrable (French), penetrable (Galician), penetrábel (Galician), durchlässig (German), penetrabile (Italian), perforabile (Italian), trapassabile (Italian), penetrābilis (Latin), пробоен (proboen) (Macedonian), пробивен (probiven) (Macedonian), yn-towlagh (Manx), penetrowalny (Polish), penetrabil [masculine] (Romanian), про́бо̄јан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), próbōjan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian)
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  2. (figuratively) Capable of being fully understood. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-penetrable-en-adj-zckQkyOV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: penetrableness, penetrably
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