different between permeable vs sievelike

English

Etymology

From Middle French perméable, from Latin perme?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??(?)mi?b?l/

Adjective

permeable (comparative more permeable, superlative most permeable)

1. absorbing or allowing the passage of fluids

   Synonym: water-permeable

   Antonym: impermeable

Related terms

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin perme?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /p??.me?a.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?r.me?a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pe?.me?a.ble/

Adjective

permeable (masculine and feminine plural permeables)

1. permeable

   Antonym: impermeable

Related terms

• permeabilitat

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin perme?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe?me?able/, [pe?.me?a.??le]

Adjective

permeable (plural permeables)

1. permeable

   Antonym: impermeable

Related terms

• permeabilidad

English

Alternative forms

• sieve-like

Etymology

sieve +? -like

Adjective

sievelike (comparative more sievelike, superlative most sievelike)

1. Resembling a sieve; thus, having holes through which fluids can pass

   a sievelike membrane

Synonyms

• ethmoid, ethmoidal