permeable

See also: perméable

English

Etymology

From Middle French perméable, from Latin permeābilis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)miəbəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Adjective

permeable (comparative more permeable, superlative most permeable)

absorbing or allowing the passage of fluids
Rainwater sinks through permeable rock to form an underground reservoir.

Synonym: water-permeable

Antonym: impermeable

Related terms

Translations

that absorbs or allows the passage of fluids

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin permeābilis.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /pəɾ.meˈa.blə/

(Central) IPA^(key): /pər.meˈa.blə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /peɾ.meˈa.ble/

Adjective

permeable (masculine and feminine plural permeables)

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 (plural permeables)

permeable
Antonym: impermeable

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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