touchable C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈtʌtʃəbəl/ UK /ˈtʌtʃəbəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj able to be touched; tangible The exhibit's touchable replicas let visitors feel the texture of the stone. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · able to be touched; tangible tangiblepalpabletactileperceptiblefelt ↔ Opposites untouchableintangibleimpalpable Word family Derived forms touchablenesstouchability Related forms touchuntouchabletouching Etymology AI details From touch + -able; touch derives from Old French tochier ('to touch'), from Vulgar Latin *toccāre ('to knock, strike'), of imitative origin. tochier Old French *toccāre Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # touchable **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈtʌtʃəbəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtʌtʃəbəl/ ## Meanings 1. able to be touched; tangible ## Examples - The exhibit's touchable replicas let visitors feel the texture of the stone. ## Synonyms - tangible - palpable - tactile - perceptible - felt ## Antonyms - untouchable - intangible - impalpable ## Derived Forms - touchableness - touchability ## Related Forms - touch - untouchable - touching ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tochier - Root: *toccāre ## Etymology From touch + -able; touch derives from Old French tochier ('to touch'), from Vulgar Latin *toccāre ('to knock, strike'), of imitative origin. ## AI Etymology Touchable is from touch + -able; touch derives from Old French tochier ('to touch'), from Vulgar Latin *toccāre ('to knock, strike'), of imitative origin. Important recorded forms include tochier (Old French) and *toccāre (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The sound-symbolic element is central: the form imitates or evokes the noise, motion, or sensory impression associated with the modern word. In current use it covers able to be touched; tangible. The wider family includes derived forms such as touchableness and touchability and related words such as touch, untouchable, and touching. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown