palpable
French, adjective/pal.pabl/
palpable is spelled P-A-L-P-A-B-L-E (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palpable is a French adjective meaning “palpable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qu’on peut palper, qui se fait sentir au toucher”.
What does palpable mean in English?
adjective
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palpable
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qu’on peut palper, qui se fait sentir au toucher. 2. Qui est clair, dont on peut se rendre compte, dont on touche du doigt la réalité.
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 palpable
- palpables plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palpable?
- /pal.pabl/
- \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 palpable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is palpable in French?
palpable appears 1.7 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).