permeable

See also: perméable

English

Etymology

From Middle French perméable, from Latin permeābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)miəbəl/

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Adjective

permeable (comparative more permeable, superlative most permeable)

1. Able to be permeated; absorbing or allowing the passage of fluids.

   Synonym: water-permeable

   Antonyms: impermeable, impervious, nonpermeable

   permeable strata

   Rainwater sinks through permeable rock to form an underground reservoir.

2. (by extension) Allowing the passage of persons, information, or other things, especially when such passage occurs despite hopes or expectations otherwise.

   Synonym: penetrable

   Antonyms: impermeable, impenetrable, nonpermeable

   permeable borders

   permeable boundaries

Related terms

• permeability

 

Translations

that absorbs or allows the passage of fluids

• Afrikaans: deurlaatbaar, deurdringbaar
• Bulgarian: пропусклив (propuskliv), промокаем (bg) (promokaem)
• Catalan: permeable (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可滲透的／可渗透的 (kě shèntòu de), 透水的 (tòushuǐ de)

• Czech: savý, propustný, prostupný (cs)
• Dutch: doordringbaar (nl)
• Finnish: läpäisevä (fi)
• French: perméable (fr) m or f
• Galician: permeable (gl) m or f
• Greek: διαπερατός (el) m (diaperatós)
• Irish: tréscaoilteach
• Polish: przemakalny (pl)
• Portuguese: permeável (pt)
• Romanian: permeabil (ro)
• Russian: проницаемый (ru) (pronicajemyj), пропускающий (ru) (propuskajuščij), дышащий (ru) (dyšaščij)
• Spanish: permeable
• Swedish: genomsläpplig

See also

• porous

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin permeābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pər.meˈab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [peɾ.meˈa.ble]

Adjective

permeable m or f (masculine and feminine plural permeables)

1. permeable

   Antonym: impermeable

Related terms

• permeabilitat

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin permeābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾmeˈable/ [peɾ.meˈa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: per‧me‧a‧ble

Adjective

permeable m or f (masculine and feminine plural permeables)

1. permeable

   Antonym: impermeable

Derived terms

• impermeable
• permeabilidad
• permeabilizar

 

Further reading

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