permeable

See also: perméable

English

Etymology

From Middle English permeable, permiable, from Latin permeābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)miəbəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

permeable (comparative more permeable, superlative most permeable)

1. Able to be permeated; absorbing or allowing the passage of fluids.

   Synonym: water-permeable

   Antonyms: impermeable, impervious, nonpermeable

   permeable strata

   Rainwater sinks through permeable rock to form an underground reservoir.

   • 1948, Publications of the National Bureau of Standards, page 213:

     One hundred thirty-one small, highly permeable masonry wall specimens built of concrete blocks or of bricks were treated with cement-water paints or with other waterproofings.

3. (by extension) Allowing the passage of persons, information, or other things, especially when such passage occurs despite hopes or expectations otherwise.

   Synonym: penetrable

   Antonyms: impermeable, impenetrable, nonpermeable

   permeable borders

   permeable boundaries

Related terms

• permeability

 

Translations

that absorbs or allows the passage of fluids

• Afrikaans: deurdringbaar, deurlaatbaar
• Bulgarian: пропускащ (bg) (propuskašt), пропусклив (propuskliv), проницаем (bg) (pronicaem), 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: propustný (cs), prostupný (cs), savý
• 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
• Lithuanian: pralaidus m
• Polish: przemakalny (pl)
• Portuguese: permeável (pt)
• Romanian: permeabil (ro)
• Russian: дышащий (ru) (dyšaščij), проницаемый (ru) (pronicajemyj), пропускающий (ru) (propuskajuščij)
• Spanish: permeable
• Swedish: genomsläpplig
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• porous

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin permeābilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pər.meˈab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peɾ.meˈa.ble]

Adjective

permeable m or f (masculine and feminine plural permeables)

1. 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 m or f (masculine and feminine plural permeables)

1. permeable

   Antonym: impermeable

Derived terms

• impermeable
• permeabilidad
• permeabilizar

 

Further reading

• “permeable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28