intangible
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French intangible, from Medieval Latin intangibilis, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/, [ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.bl̩]
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒə.bəl/
Adjective edit
intangible (comparative more intangible, superlative most intangible)
- Incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal.
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incapable of being perceived
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Noun edit
intangible (plural intangibles)
- Anything intangible
- 1980 April 5, Aaron Cohen, “Save the Last Dance for Me”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
- Diaghilev's love for Nijinsky was as deep and as sincere and reliant as a bond could be, it being based on all those intangibles of love that cannot be enumerated.
- (law) Incorporeal property that is saleable though not material, such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes
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French edit
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Audio (file)
Adjective edit
intangible (plural intangibles)
Further reading edit
- “intangible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin intangibilis, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tangō.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
intangible m or f (masculine and feminine plural intangibles)
- intangible
- Antonym: tangible
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Further reading edit
- “intangible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014