semipermeable

See also: semiperméable

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ permeable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛmiˈpɜː(ɹ)miəbəl/, /ˌsɛmaɪ-/

Adjective

semipermeable (comparative more semipermeable, superlative most semipermeable)

1. Permeable to some things and not to others, as a cell membrane which allows some molecules through but blocks other substances.

Translations

permeable to some things and not to others

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: полупропусклив (polupropuskliv) Chinese: Mandarin: 半透的 (bàntòu de) Finnish: puoliläpäisevä French: semiperméable (fr) German: halbdurchlässig Greek: ημιπερατός (el) (imiperatós) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: szemipermeábilis Italian: semipermeabile Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: nîvdelînbar Maori: tukutaritari Persian: please add this translation if you can Russian: полупроница́емый (ru) (polupronicájemyj) Spanish: semipermeable Turkish: yarı geçirgen (tr), seçici geçirgen Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: bán thấm

See also

• osmosis

Spanish

Adjective

semipermeable m or f (masculine and feminine plural semipermeables)

1. semipermeable

Further reading

• “semipermeable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025