tactile B2 Topic:Senses & Perception US /ˈtæktaɪl/ See IPA manual Freq #37842 Meanings 1 adj Relating to the sense of touch. Babies learn through tactile exploration of objects. 2 adj Able to be felt by touching. The book has raised, tactile letters for blind readers. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · relating to the sense of... haptictactual More palpabletangibletouchable ↔ Opposites intangibleintouchableuntouchable Word family Derived forms audiotactilechemotactileelectrotactileentactogenmechanotactilenontactileorotactilepedotactilepneumotactileprotactiletactilelytactility Related forms hapticpalpabletouchable Common collocations tactile sensation Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French tactile, from Latin tactilis (“that may be touched, tangible”), from tangere (“to touch”). *teh₂g- Proto-Indo-European tactile Middle French tactilis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Senses & Perception External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # tactile **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈtæktaɪl/ **Frequency rank:** 37842 ## Meanings 1. Relating to the sense of touch. 2. Able to be felt by touching. ## Examples - Babies learn through tactile exploration of objects. - The book has raised, tactile letters for blind readers. ## Synonyms - palpable - tangible - touchable ## Antonyms - intangible - intouchable - untouchable ## Derived Forms - audiotactile - chemotactile - electrotactile - entactogen - mechanotactile - nontactile - orotactile - pedotactile - pneumotactile - protactile - tactilely - tactility ## Related Forms - haptic - palpable - touchable ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *teh₂g- - Root: tactile - Root: tactilis ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French tactile, from Latin tactilis (“that may be touched, tangible”), from tangere (“to touch”). ## AI Etymology Tactile is borrowed from Middle French tactile, from Latin tactilis (“that may be touched, tangible”), from tangere (“to touch”). In present-day use, it can mean relating to the sense of touch, or able to be felt by touching. Derived formations include audiotactile, chemotactile, electrotactile, entactogen, mechanotactile. ## Topics - Senses & Perception markdown