"touchable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more touchable [comparative], most touchable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English touchable, toucheable, equivalent to touch + -able. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|touchable}} Middle English touchable, {{af|en|touch|-able}} touch + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} touchable (comparative more touchable, superlative most touchable)
  1. Capable of being touched; tangible or palpable. Translations (Capable of being touched): осезаем (osezaem) (Bulgarian), tocable (Catalan), 可触的 (Chinese Mandarin), tuŝebla (Esperanto), konkreettinen (Finnish), käsin kosketeltava (Finnish), touchable (French), berührbar (German), απτός (aptós) (Greek), inmhothaithe (Irish), feelboa (Plautdietsch), додирљив (dodirljiv) (Serbo-Croatian), tocable [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), cyffyrddadwy (Welsh)

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      "sense": "Capable of being touched",
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