impermeability
im·per·me·a·bil·ity/ɪmˌpɝmi.əˈbɪlɪti/noun
impermeability is a noun meaning “the quality of being impermeable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled I-M-P-E-R-M-E-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y and has 6 syllables (im·per·me·a·bil·ity), and it appears about once in every 42 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of impermeability is impermeabilities.
What does impermeability mean?
noun
- 1
the quality of being impermeable
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce impermeability?
- US /ɪmˌpɝmi.əˈbɪlɪti/
- UK /ɪmˌpɜːmi.əˈbɪlɪti/
Impermeability has 6 syllables, split im·per·me·a·bil·ity in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of impermeability
- impermeabilities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is impermeability?
Impermeability appears about once in every 42 million words in written English, the 199,120th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Impermeability in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the quality of being impermeable:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | imperméabilité |
| Spanish | impermeabilidad |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does impermeability come from?
Borrowed from French imperméabilité.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).