different between unanswerable vs palpable

English

Alternative forms

• unaunswerable (obsolete, rare)

Etymology

un- +? answerable

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n???ns???b(?)l/

Adjective

unanswerable (comparative more unanswerable, superlative most unanswerable)

1. Not answerable; impossible to answer.

   Synonym: answerless

   Antonym: answerable

2. Impossible to dispute or rebut; irrefutable; conclusive.

   Synonym: indisputable

   Antonyms: disputable, inconclusive, refutable

Related terms

Translations

Noun

unanswerable (plural unanswerables)

1. Something that cannot be answered.

References

• “unanswerable” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• unanswerable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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.