impalpable
French, adjective/ɛ̃.pal.pabl/
impalpable is spelled I-M-P-A-L-P-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Impalpable is a French adjective meaning “impalpable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est si ténu, si fin, si délié, qu’il ne fait aucune impression sensible au toucher”.
What does impalpable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
impalpable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est si ténu, si fin, si délié, qu’il ne fait aucune impression sensible au toucher.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of impalpable
- impalpables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce impalpable?
- /ɛ̃.pal.pabl/
- \ɛ̃.pal.pabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to impalpable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is impalpable in French?
impalpable appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).