impermeability

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French imperméabilité.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪmˌpɝmi.əˈbɪlɪti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmˌpɜːmi.əˈbɪlɪti/
• Hyphenation: im‧per‧me‧a‧bil‧ity

Noun

impermeability (usually uncountable, plural impermeabilities)

1. the quality of being impermeable

Translations

the quality of being impermeable

Bulgarian: непроницаемост (bg) f (nepronicaemost) French: imperméabilité (fr) f Irish: neamh-thréscaoilteacht f, neamhscagacht f Italian: impermeabilità (it) f Spanish: impermeabilidad (es) f

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “impermeability”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “impermeability”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.