invisible

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭn-vĭz'ə-bəl, IPA: /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, X-SAMPA: /Inv"Iz@b(@)l/

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Adjective

invisible (not comparable)

1. Unable to be seen; not visible.
   • Milton

     To us invisible, or dimly seen / In these thy lowest works.

2. (Internet) Apparently, but not actually, offline.

   I went invisible so that my ex-girlfriend wouldn't send me instant messages.

3. (psychology) That is ignored by a person.

Antonyms

• visible

Related terms

• invisibility
• invisibleness
• invisibly

Translations

not visible

• Afrikaans: onsigbaar (af)
• Arabic: غير مرئيّ (ar)
• Armenian: անտեսանելի (hy) (antesaneli), աննշմարելի (hy) (annšmareli)
• Asturian: invisible (ast)
• Bengali: অদৃশ্য (bn) (ôdrishyô)
• Bulgarian: невидим (bg) (nevidim) m
• Catalan: invisible (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無形 (cmn), 无形 (cmn) (wúxíng)

• Czech: neviditelný (cs) m
• Dutch: onzichtbaar (nl), onzichtbare (nl)
• Esperanto: nevidebla (eo)
• Finnish: näkymätön (fi)
• French: invisible (fr)
• Galician: invisible (gl)
• Georgian: უჩინარი (ka) (uč'inari)
• German: unsichtbar (de)
• Greek: αόρατος (el) (aóratos)
• Hebrew: בלתי-נראה (he)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: láthatatlan (hu)

• Icelandic: ósýnilegur (is)
• Italian: invisibile (it)
• Japanese: 見えない (ja), 不可視 (ふかし, fukashi)
• Kazakh: көрінбейтін (kk) (körinbeytin)
• Korean: 보이지 않 (ko)
• Latin: invisibilis (la)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: usynlig (no)
• Occitan: invisible (oc)
• Polish: niewidoczny (pl), niewidzialny (pl)
• Portuguese: invisível (pt)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: невидимый (ru) (nevídimyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: nevìdljiv (sh)
• Spanish: invisible (es)
• Swahili: -si-onekana (sw)
• Swedish: osynlig (sv)
• Telugu: అదృశ్య (te) (adRSya)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: görünmez (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Noun

invisible (plural invisibles)

1. (obsolete) An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.
2. (obsolete) A Rosicrucian; so called because avoiding declaration of his craft.
3. (obsolete) One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shipley to this entry?)

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Catalan

Adjective

invisible m, f (masculine and feminine plural invisibles)

1. invisible

Antonyms

• visible

Derived terms

• invisiblement

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Galician

Alternative forms

• invisíbel

Adjective

invisible m and f (plural invisibles)

1. invisible

Antonyms

• visible

Derived terms

• invisiblemente

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Spanish

Adjective

invisible m and f (plural invisibles)

1. invisible

Antonyms

• visible

Related terms

• visión
• vista