Meaning

3 senses
  1. Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.

    greifbar

    осяза́емыйosjazájemyj, ощути́мыйoščutímyj

    capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt

  2. (figuratively)Obvious or easily perceived; noticeable.

    очеви́дныйočevídnyj, я́вныйjávnyj, я́сныйjásnyj

  3. That can be detected by palpation.

    прощу́пываемыйproščúpyvajemyj

    (medicine) can be felt by palpation

Examples

16 sentences
  1. The tension between them is palpable.

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  2. My lack of enthusiasm was palpable.

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  3. The tension between us is palpable.

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  4. The regret in his voice was palpable.

    deIn seiner Stimme lag ein spürbares Bedauern.

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  5. The tension between Tom and Mary was palpable.

    deDie Spannung zwischen Tom und Maria war mit Händen zu greifen.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
capable of being touched:
obvious:
that can be detected by palpation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
capable of being touched:

Origin

From Middle French palpable and its source, Latin palpābilis, which is from palpō (“to tou

From Middle French palpable and its source, Latin palpābilis, which is from palpō (“to touch softly”) + -bilis.

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Forms

more palpable, most palpable
Comparativemore palpable Lesson
Superlativemost palpable Lesson

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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