different between definite vs palpable

English

Etymology

From Latin d?f?n?tus, past participle of d?f?ni?, whence also English define.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?f?n?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?f?n?t/, /?d?f?n?t/

Adjective

definite (comparative more definite, superlative most definite)

1. Having distinct limits.

   definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval

   • 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences, London: John W. Parker, Volume 3, Book 14, Chapter 8, p. 145,^[1]

     […] elements combine in definite proportions […]

2. Free from any doubt.

   Synonym: unquestionable

   definite knowledge

3. Determined; resolved; decided.
   • c. 1609, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act I, Scene 6,^[2]

     […] idiots in this case of favour would

     Be wisely definite;

4. (linguistics) Designating an identified or immediately identifiable person or thing, or group of persons or things

   the definite article

Antonyms

• indefinite

Derived terms

• definite article
• definitely

Related terms

• define
• definitive
• indefinite

Translations

Noun

definite (plural definites)

1. (grammar) A word or phrase that designates a specified or identified person or entity.
2. (obsolete) Anything that is defined or determined.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.fi?ni.te/

Verb

definite

1. second-person plural indicative present of definire
2. second-person plural imperative present of definire

Adjective

definite

1. feminine plural of definito

Latin

Verb

d?f?n?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?f?ni?

References

• definite in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Etymology

From Middle French palpable and its source, Latin palp?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?palp?b?l/
• (US) enPR: p?l'p?-b?l, IPA^(key): /?pælp?b?l/

Adjective

palpable (comparative more palpable, superlative most palpable)

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

   Synonyms: tangible, touchable

   • c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 5, scene 2:

     Osric: A hit, a very palpable hit.

   • 1838, Edgar Allan Poe, "Ligeia":

     I had felt that some palpable although invisible object had passed lightly by my person.

   • 1894, Bret Harte, "The Heir of the McHulishes" in A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories:

     The next morning the fog had given way to a palpable, horizontally driving rain.

2. Obvious or easily perceived; noticeable.

   Synonyms: manifest, noticeable, patent

   • 1913, Sax Rohmer, The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu chapter 24:

     Her voice, her palpable agitation, prepared us for something extraordinary.

   • 1916, Kathleen Norris, The Heart of Rachael, chapter 7:

     No use in raging, in reasoning, in arguing. No use in setting forth the facts, the palpable right and wrong.

3. (medicine) That can be detected by palpation.

Derived terms

• palpably

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin palp?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /p?l?pa.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pal?pa.ble/

Adjective

palpable (masculine and feminine plural palpables)

1. palpable

Derived terms

• palpablement

Further reading

• “palpable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “palpable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “palpable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “palpable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin palp?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal.pabl/

Adjective

palpable (plural palpables)

1. palpable

   Antonym: impalpable

Derived terms

• palpablement

Further reading

• “palpable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Adjective

palpable m or f (plural palpables)

1. touchable; palpable

References

• “palpable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin palp?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal?pable/, [pal?pa.??le]

Adjective

palpable (plural palpables)

1. palpable

Derived terms

• palpablemente

Further reading

• “palpable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.