untouchable

untouchable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ touch +‎ -able

Adjective

untouchable (comparative more untouchable, superlative most untouchable)

1. Not able to be touched.

Derived terms

• untouchability
• untouchableness
• untouchable number

Translations

not able to be touched

Catalan: intocable Esperanto: netuŝebla Finnish: koskematon (fi) French: intouchable (fr) German: unantastbar (de) Hungarian: érinthetetlen (hu)

Portuguese: intocável (pt) m or f Russian: неприкаса́емый (ru) (neprikasájemyj), неприкоснове́нный (ru) (neprikosnovénnyj) (sacrosanct) Serbo-Croatian: недодирљив, nedodirljiv (sh) Spanish: intocable (es) Telugu: అంటరాని (aṇṭarāni)

Noun

untouchable (plural untouchables)

1. A criminal who is so adept that they cannot be arrested or convicted.
2. A pariah.
3. In the Indian caste system, a member of the lowest caste.
4. An incorruptible law enforcement agent

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:untouchable.

Translations

criminal

Greek: παρίας (el) m (parías)

Hungarian: érinthetetlen (hu)

pariah — see pariah

member of the lowest caste

Finnish: kastiton, koskematon (fi) French: intouchable (fr) m or f Hindi: चांडाल (hi) (cāṇḍāl)

Hungarian: érinthetetlen (hu) Telugu: అంటరానివాడు (aṇṭarānivāḍu) Urdu: چنڈال‎

incorruptible law enforcement agent

Finnish: lahjomaton (fi)

Greek: αδιάφθορος (el) m (adiáfthoros)

Further reading

• untouchable on Wikipedia.Wikipedia