intangible

Borrowed from Middle French intangible, from Medieval Latin intangibilis, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tango.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒɪ.bəl/,

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒə.bəl/
• Hyphenation: in‧tan‧gib‧le

intangible (comparative more intangible, superlative most intangible)

1. Incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal.

   Synonym: tangible

intangible (plural intangibles)

1. Anything intangible
   • 1980 April 5, Aaron Cohen, “Save the Last Dance for Me”, in Gay Community News, page 12:

     Diaghilev's love for Nijinsky was as deep and as sincere and reliant as a bond could be, it being based on all those intangibles of love that cannot be enumerated.

2. (law) Incorporeal property that is saleable though not material, such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes

From in- +‎ tangible.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.ʒibl/

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• Hyphenation: in‧tan‧gible

intangible (plural intangibles)

1. intangible

   Synonym: immatériel

   Antonym: tangible

• “intangible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin intangibilis, from Late Latin tangibilis, from Latin tangō.

• IPA^(key): /intanˈxible/
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: in‧tan‧gi‧ble

intangible m or f (masculine and feminine plural intangibles)

1. intangible

   Antonym: tangible

• “intangible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10