impenetrable
Not penetrableNot penetrable.
» The forest was thick and impenetrable.
Der Wald war dicht und undurchdringlich.
Лес был дремуч.
Meaning
3 senses(not comparable)Not penetrable.
The fortress is impenetrable, so it cannot be taken.
undurchlässig
непроница́емыйnepronicájemyj, непроходи́мыйneproxodímyj
непроникни́йnepronyknýj, непробивни́йneprobyvnýj
(not comparable)Opaque; obscure; not translucent or transparent.
(figuratively, not comparable)Incomprehensible; fathomless; inscrutable.
Business jargon makes this document impenetrable—I can’t understand it.
- impossible to understand
- not admitting of penetration or passage into or through
- permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
Examples
12 sentencesThe forest was thick and impenetrable.
ruЛес был дремуч.
deDer Wald war dicht und undurchdringlich.
The wall appeared to be smooth and impenetrable.
Tom stared into the impenetrable blackness of the night sky.
ruТом пристально смотрел в непроглядную черноту ночного неба.
deTom starrte in die undurchdringliche Schwärze des Nachthimmels.
The heart of a young girl is an impenetrable mystery.
The fortress is impenetrable.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English inpenetrabel, inpenetrabyle, from Middle French impenetrable or directFrom Middle English inpenetrabel, inpenetrabyle, from Middle French impenetrable or directly from its etymon, Latin impenetrābilis. By surface analysis, im- + penetrable.
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