Meaning

3 senses

  1. (obsolete)An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.

  2. (obsolete)A Rosicrucian; so called because avoiding declaration of his craft.

  3. (obsolete)One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church.

Examples

125 sentences

  1. Air is invisible.

    Повітря невидиме. — deniko

    ruВоздух невидим. — Iolanda

    deLuft ist unsichtbar. — MUIRIEL

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  2. In the snow, the white rabbits were invisible.

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  3. Tom said that he saw the invisible man today.

    ruТом сказал, что видел сегодня человека-невидимку. — sharptoothed

    deTom sagte, dass er heute den Unsichtbaren gesehen hat. — Manfredo

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  4. I might as well be invisible.

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  5. Bacteria are invisible to the naked eye.

    ruБактерии не видны невооружённым глазом. — marafon

    deBakterien sind mit bloßem Auge unsichtbar. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From Middle English invisible, from Old French invisible, from Late Latin invīsibilis. Dis

From Middle English invisible, from Old French invisible, from Late Latin invīsibilis. Displaced native Old English unġesewenlīċ.

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Forms

plural: invisibles
Singularinvisible
Pluralinvisibles

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
invincibleinviolableinvisibilityinvitationB1inviteA2invocation

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