intangible

English

Etymology

Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchintangible,fromMedieval Latinintangibilis,fromLate Latintangibilis,fromLatintango.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/,[ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.bl̩]

  • Audio(Southern England):

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• (US)IPA^(key):/ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒə.bəl/

Adjective

intangible(comparativemoreintangible,superlativemostintangible)

1. Incapableof beingperceivedby thesenses;incorporeal.

Antonyms

• tangible

Derived terms

• intangible asset
• intangible cultural heritage
• intangibleness
• intangibly

Translations

incapable of being perceived

• Arabic:غَيْر مَلْمُوس(ḡayr malmūs),مَعْنَوِيّ(maʕnawiyy)
• Bulgarian:неуловим(bg)(neulovim),неосезаем(bg)(neosezaem)
• Catalan:intangible
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Vô hình đích/Vô hình đích(wúxíng de)

• Czech:nehmatatelný,nehmotný
• Dutch:ontastbaar(nl),ongrijpbaar(nl)
• Finnish:abstrakti(fi),aineeton(fi)
• French:intangible(fr),immatériel(fr)
• German:abstrakt(de),ungreifbar(de),immateriell(de),vage(de),unklar(de)
• Greek:ασαφής(el)morf(asafís),ακαθόριστος(el)m(akathóristos),αδιόρατος(el)m(adióratos),αόριστος(el)m(aóristos)
• Japanese:Vô hình(ja)(mukei)
• Kazakh:бейматериалдық(beimaterialdyq),материалды емес(materialdy emes),материалдық емес(materialdyq emes)
• Latin:intactilis
• Manx:neuventynagh,neuloaghtagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:immateriell

  Nynorsk:immateriell

• Polish:nieuchwytny(pl)m
• Romanian:intangibil(ro)m,de neatins,nepalpabilm
• Russian:неосязаемый(ru)(neosjazajemyj)
• Spanish:intangible(es)

Noun

intangible(pluralintangibles)

1. Anything intangible
   • 1980April 5, Aaron Cohen, “Save the Last Dance for Me”, inGay Community News,page12:

     Diaghilev's love for Nijinsky was as deep and as sincere and reliant as a bond could be, it being based on all thoseintangiblesof love that cannot be enumerated.

2. (law)Incorporealpropertythat issaleablethough notmaterial,such asbankdeposits,stocks,bonds,andpromissory notes

Translations

anything intangible

• Dutch:ontastbare(nl)n
• Finnish:aineetonasia
• Greek:άυλος(el)m(áylos)
• Japanese:Xúc れられないもの

French

Etymology

Fromin-+‎tangible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛ̃.tɑ̃.ʒibl/

• Audio:

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Adjective

intangible(pluralintangibles)

1. intangible

   Synonym:immatériel

   Antonym:tangible

Derived terms

• intangiblement

See also

• intouchable
• impalpable
• insensible

Further reading

• “intangible”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Spanish

Etymology

BorrowedfromMedieval Latinintangibilis,fromLate Latintangibilis,fromLatintangō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/intanˈxible/[ĩn̪.t̪ãŋˈxi.β̞le]
• Rhymes:-ible
• Syllabification:in‧tan‧gi‧ble

Adjective

intangiblemorf(masculine and feminine pluralintangibles)

1. intangible

   Antonym:tangible

Derived terms

• intangibilidad
• intangiblemente

Related terms

• tangible

Further reading

• “intangible”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy[Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10