penetrable

penetrable

See also: pénétrable

English

Etymology

From Middle English penetrable, penytrable, from Old French penetrable, from Medieval Latin penetrābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnətɹəbəl/, /ˈpɛntɹəbəl/

Adjective

penetrable (comparative more penetrable, superlative most penetrable)

1. Capable of being penetrated, entered, or pierced. Also figuratively.
   • 1867: George Rawlinson, The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World

     On the east the high mountain-chain of Zagros, penetrable only in one or two places, forms a barrier of the most marked character, and is beyond a doubt the natural limit for which we are looking.

   • 1900: Arthur M. Mann, The Boer in Peace and War

     A Boer may know you, but it will take you some time to know him, and when a certain stage in your acquaintance is reached, you may begin to wonder whether his real nature is penetrable at all.

   • 1996: Peter Carruthers & Peter K. Smith, Theories of Theories of Mind

     A capacity is cognitively penetrable in this sense if that capacity is affected by the subject's knowledge or ignorance of the domain.

Antonyms

• impenetrable

Related terms

• penetrableness
• penetrably

Translations

capable of being penetrated

Bulgarian: проницаем (bg) (pronicaem) Czech: proniknutelný m Dutch: doordringbaar (nl) Finnish: läpäistävä, läpäistävissä oleva French: please add this translation if you can Galician: penetrable (gl), penetrábel (gl) German: durchlässig (de) Italian: penetrabile (it), perforabile, trapassabile Latin: penetrābilis Manx: yn-towlagh Romanian: penetrabil (ro) m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: про́бо̄јан Roman: próbōjan (sh) Spanish: please add this translation if you can

References

• penetrable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• repentable

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Spanish

Adjective

penetrable (plural penetrables)

1. penetrable

Further reading

• “penetrable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014