intouchable
French, noun/ɛ̃.tu.ʃabl/
intouchable is spelled I-N-T-O-U-C-H-A-B-L-E (11 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 21,266th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intouchable is a French feminine noun meaning “pariah” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “En Inde, paria, membre d’une caste inférieure, au plus bas de la hiérarchie sociale, dont l’hindouisme…”.
What does intouchable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
untouchable
noun
- 1
femininemasculinepariah
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui ne peut être touché, inaccessible. 2. Qu’on ne doit pas toucher, inviolable. 3. Hors d’atteinte, impénétrable.
noun: 1. En Inde, paria, membre d’une caste inférieure, au plus bas de la hiérarchie sociale, dont l’hindouisme interdit aux castes supérieures tout contact. 2. Toute personne mise au ban de la société.
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 intouchable
- intouchables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intouchable?
- /ɛ̃.tu.ʃabl/
- \ɛ̃.tu.ʃabl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intouchable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intouchable in French?
intouchable appears 1.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).