Impermeable

Definition: Impermeable

Impermeable

Adjective

1. Preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through; "impermeable stone"; "an impermeable layer of scum"; "a coat impermeable to rain".

Domain	Definitions
Environment	Not easily penetrated. The property of a material or soil that does not allow, or allows only with great difficulty, the movement or passage of water. (references)
Geological	Rock or sediment that does not allow passage of water. (references)
Hydrologic	Material that does not permit fluids to pass through it. (references)
Mining	Said of a rock that does not permit the passage of fluids under the pressure conditions ordinarily found in the subsurface. Ant: permeable.Syn:impervious. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Impermeable

Synonym: impervious. (additional references)

Synonym by domain: tightest (european union, industry).

Antonym: permeable (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Closure	Unpierced, imporous, caecal; closable; imperforate, impervious, impermeable; impenetrable; impassable, unpassable; invious; pathless, wayless; untrodden, untrod.
Density	Adjective: dense, solid; solidified. Verb: caseous; pukka; coherent, cohesive; compact, close, serried, thickset; substantial, massive, lumpish; impenetrable, impermeable, nonporous, imporous; incompressible; constipated; concrete. (hard); knotted, knotty; gnarled; crystalline, crystallizable; thick, grumous, stuffy.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Impermeable

English words defined with "impermeable": Air-tight, artesian well ♦ Scaphander ♦ tight. (references)

Specialty definitions using "impermeable": Anaerobic Lagoon, apparent specific gravity, aquiclude, artesian aquifer, artesian leakage ♦ bulk specific gravity ♦ corewall ♦ hermetically-sealed container, HOT DRY ROCK ♦ impermeable cap rock, impermeable layer, in situ liner ♦ Long Term Storage Dams ♦ main water table ♦ perched ground water, Perched Water, perched water-table, phreatic surface ♦ seal rock, sealing formation ♦ tight hole, tight rock ♦ unventilated-unpressurized garment. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Impermeable" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Spanish (impermeable, impervious, Mac, Mackintosh, raincoat, rainproof, raintight, showerproof, slicker, tight, vatertight, waterproof, watertight).

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The coat of M. tuberculosis also renders it impermeable to many common drugs. (references)
		Gene therapy is in the very early stages of development and there are many problems to overcome, including learning how to penetrate the highly impermeable blood-brain barrier and how to halt the host's immune reaction to the virus that carries the gene to the cells. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Impermeable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Impermeable" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	50	48,117

Expressions using "impermeable": impermeable cap rock ♦ impermeable to air ♦ impermeable to water. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "impermeable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i papërshkueshëm (hermetic, impenetrable, impervious), i padepërtueshëm (impenetrable, inscrutable, opaque, tight, unfathomable, unpenetrable), i ngjeshur (close, compact, compressed, concise, concisely, dense, serried, stiff, succinct), i dendur (dense, frequent, hourly, murky, numerous, thick). (various references)

Arabic		‏كتيم (impervious), ‏محكم (airtight, coherent, compact, fast, firm, hermetic, impervious, precise, secure, solid, strong, tight, well knit), ‏غير نافذ (opacity, opaque, opaqueness). (various references)

Bulgarian		непроницаем (impenetrable, impervious, proof, thick, tight, unfathomable, unpenetrable), непромокаем (damp proof, impervious, rainproof, rain-tight, stanch, staunch, tight, waterproof, watertight). (various references)

Chinese		不透水 (waterproof, watertight), 不渗透性 (impermeability, Impermeably, imperviousness). (various references)

Czech		neprostupný (watertight), nepromokavý (rainproof, rain-proof, waterproof, weatherproof). (various references)

Danish		impermeabel, uimodtageligt (impervious, tight), uigennemtrængelig. (various references)

Dutch		impermeabel (impervious), ondoorlatend (impervious), ondoordringbaar (impenetrable, impervious, tight). (various references)

Farsi		نشت ناپذیر. (various references)

Finnish		läpäisemätön (impenetrable, impervious). (various references)

French		imperméable (impenetrable, impervious). (various references)

German		undurchlässig (impenetrable, impervious), undurchdringlich (impenetrable, impermeably, impervious, inscrutable, proof, tight), impermeabel. (various references)

Greek		στεγανός (impervious), αδιάβροχοσ (waterproof, weather proof), αδιάβροχος (damp-proof construction, impermeable to water, impervious to water, water resistant, waterproof, water-proof), αδιάβροχο (gabardine, Gaberdine, impervious, oilskin, raincoat, tarpaulin, tight), αδιάβατος (impervious), αδιαπέραστοσ (impenetrable, impervious, proof), αδιαπέραστος (impervious). (various references)

Hebrew		אטים (impenetrable), אטום (caulking, dull, impenetrable, opaque, sealed, sealing, shut, solid), בלתי ח�"יר (proof). (various references)

Hungarian		vízhatlan (immersible, to hold water, waterproof, water-proof, watertight, watertightal, weatherproof), áthatolhatatlan (impassable, impenetrable, impervious, solid, unpenetrable). (various references)

Indonesian		kedap (close-meshed, hermetical, watertight). (various references)

Italian		impermeabile (impervious, Mackintosh, raincoat, rainproof, slicker, tight, waterproof). (various references)

Korean		불침투성. (various references)

Manx		jeenagh (resistant, rinsing, staunch, waterproof), jeen (dry, proof, staunch, waterproof, watertight, weatherproof). (various references)

Pig Latin		impermeableay.(various references)

Portuguese		impermeabilidade (tightness), impermeável (burberry, damp proof, impenetrable, impermissible, impersonal, impervious, mackerel, macrame, raincoat, rainproof, raintight, repellent, slicker, tight, unsavory, unsavoury, waterproof). (various references)

Romanian		impermeabil (damp proof, impervious, imperviously, Mackintosh, raincoat, rainproof, repellent, tight, water proof, waterproof). (various references)

Russian		непроницаемый (impenetrable, impervious, inscrutable, staunch, unpenetrable). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nepropustljiv (impervious), nepromočiv (water-repellent), neprobojan (bulletproof, impenetrable, proof, tight, unpenetrable). (various references)

Spanish		impermeable (impermeable to water, impervious, impervious to water, Mac, Mackintosh, raincoat, rainproof, raintight, showerproof, slicker, tight, vatertight, waterproof, watertight). (various references)

Swedish		ogenomsläpplig (impervious). (various references)

Turkish		su geçirmez (dripproof, impermeable to water, impervious, waterproof, watertight), sızdırmaz (dripproof, escape-proof, leakproof, tight), geçirmez (impervious, proof, repellent, repelling). (various references)

Ukranian		герметичний (air proof, airtight, hermetic, watertight, windtight), непроникний (impenetrable, inscrutable, non-permeable, proof, unpenetrable). (various references)

Vietnamese		không thấm nước (waterproof), không thấm được. (various references)

Welsh		anhydraidd. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Words rhyming with "impermeable" (pronounced 'Im*per"me*a*ble'): Abatable, Abdicable, Abhominable, Abhorrible, Abolishable, Abominable, Abrogable, Absolvable, Absorbable, Abusable, Accendible, Accentuable, Acceptable, Accessible, Acclimatable, Acclimatizable, Accommodable, Accompanable, Accomplishable, Accomptable, Accordable, Accostable, Accountable, Accusable, Accustomable, Acetable, Achievable, Acidifiable, Acquaintable, Acquirable, Acreable, Actable, Actionable, Adaptable, Addable, Addible, Adducible, Adjustable, Administrable, Admirable, Admissible, Admittable, Adoptable, Adorable, Adustible, Advantageable, Advisable, Affable, Affectible, Affiliable, Affirmable, Affordable, Aggrandizable, Agible, Agitable, Agreeable, Alarmable, Alible, Alienable, Alkalifiable, Allegeable, Alliable, Allottable, Allowable, Alterable, Amassable, Ameliorable, Amenable, Amendable, Amerceable, Amiable, Amicable, Amissible, Amortizable, Amovable, Amusable, Analyzable, Anchorable, Annihilable, Annullable, Annunciable, Answerable, Appealable, Appeasable, Appellable, Appetible, Applausable, Appliable, Applicable, Appointable, Apposable, Appraisable, Appreciable, Apprehensible, Approachable, Appropriable, Approvable, Aptable, Arbitrable, Arguable, Argumentable, Ascendable, Ascendible, Ascertainable, Ascribable, Aspectable, Assailable, Assaultable, Assayable, Assessable, Assignable, Assimilable, Associable, Assumable, Atonable, Attachable, Attackable, Attainable, Attemptable, Attractable, Attributable, Augmentable, Authorizable, Available, Avertible, Avoidable, Avouchable, Avowable, Bailable, Balanceable, Bankable, Baptizable, Batable, Battable, Bauble, Bawble, Bearable, Bedabble, Bedrabble, Bedribble, Beggable, Behoovable, Bejumble, Believable, Bendable, Bequeathable, Bescribble, Betumble, Bewailable, Bibble-babble, bible, Biddable, Bipartible, Blamable, Boardable, Boatable, Borable, Bowable, Breakable, Breathable, Bribable, Burnable, Calcinable, Calculable, Capable, Carriable, Carriageable, Catchable, Causable, Censurable, Cessible, Challengeable, Chanceable, Changeable, Chargeable, Charitable, Chasable, Chastisable, Chasuble, Cheatable, Circulable, Circumnavigable, Circumscribable, Circumscriptible, Circumstantiable, Citable, Civilizable, Claimable, Classible, Classifiable, Cleansable, Cleavable, Clergyable, Climbable, Clubbable, Coagulable, Coctible, Coercible, Cogitable, Cognizable, Cognoscible, Cohesible, Collatable, Collectible, Colliquable, Colorable, Combatable, Combinable, Commandable, Commeasurable, Commemorable, Commendable, Commensurable, Commiserable, Committable, Committible, Commonable, Communicable, Commutable, Compactible, Companable, Companiable, Companionable, Comparable, Compassable, Compassionable, Compatible, Compellable, Competible, Complainable, Compliable, Comportable, Compossible, Compoundable, Comprehensible, Compressible, Comptible, Computable, Concealable, Conceivable, Conceptible, Conclusible, Concordable, Concrescible, Concupiscible, Condemnable, Condensable, Condensible, Conducible, Conductible, Conferrable, Confinable, Confirmable, Confiscable, Confluxible, Conformable, Confusable, Confutable, Congeable, Congealable, Conjecturable, Conquerable, Conscionable, Conservable, Considerable, Consolable, Consortable, Constable, Constrainable, Consumable, Containable, Contaminable, Contemptible, Conterminable, Contestable, Continuable, Contractible, Contradictable, Contributable, Contrivble, Controllable, Controvertible, Conusable, Conversable, Conversible, Convertible, Conveyable, Convict1ible, Convincible, Corbel-table, Correlatable, Corrigible, Corrodible, Corrosible, Corrumpable, Counselable, countable, Countermandable, Coupable, Covenable, Covetable, Creable, Creatable, Credible, Creditable, Criticisable, Crucible, Crummable, Crystallizable, Cullible, Culpable, Cultivable, Cultivatable, Culturable, Curable, Customable, Damageable, Damnable, Datable, Debatable, Deceivable, Deceptible, Decerptible, decidable, Decipherable, Declarable, Declinable, Decoctible, Decomposable, Decompoundable, Decreeable, Deducible, Deductible, Defatigable, Defeasible, Defectible, Defendable, Defensible, Definable, Deflagrable, Deflectable, Deleble, Delectable, Delightable, Delineable, Delitable, Deliverable, Deludable, Demandable, Demisable, Demonstrable, Demountable, Demurrable, Deniable, Denominable, Denotable, Departable, Depectible, Dependable, Depertible, Deplorable, Deposable, Deprecable, Depredable, Deprehensible, Deprivable, Deputable, Derivable, Descendible, Describable, Desiderable, Designable, Desirable, Despicable, Despisable, Destinable, Destroyable, Destructible, Detachable, Determinable, Detestable, Developable, Devisable, Devitable, Devourable, Diffusible, Digestible, Diggable, Dilatable, Dimble, Diminishable, Dirigible, Disadvantageable, Disagreeable, Disallowable, Discernible, Disciplinable, Discomfortable, Discommendable, Disconformable. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-e-i-l-m-m-p-r"
	-2 letters: permeable.
	-3 letters: embalmer, imbalmer, periblem, preamble.
	-4 letters: balmier, beamier, empaler, epimere, impaler, impearl, lambier, lempira, malmier, mealier, palmier, preemie, premeal.
	-5 letters: ambeer, ambler, ampere, ampler, bailee, bailer, barmie, beeper, beleap, belier, bemire, berime, bireme, blamer, eelier, elmier, embalm, emblem, empale, empire, epimer, imbalm, impale, lamber, lambie, leaper, librae, limber, limmer, limper, mailer, maimer, marble, mealie, member, mimbar, palier, palmer, peeler, peerie, pereia, prelim, premie, primal, ramble, remail, repeal, rimple.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-e-i-l-m-m-p-r"
	+2 letters: semipermeable.
	+5 letters: impermeabilities, semipermeability.
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