What does permeable mean?

permeable means "allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through".

How many syllables are in permeable?

permeable has 4 syllables: per-me-a-ble. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɝˌmiəbəl/.

What is the opposite of permeable?

The recorded antonyms are impermeable.

Is permeable a common word?

permeable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

permeable — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
“permeable membranes”
“rock that is permeable by water”
Antonymsimpermeable
Similarporous semipermeable

Questions about permeable

What does permeable mean?: permeable means "allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through".
How many syllables are in permeable?: permeable has 4 syllables: per-me-a-ble. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɝˌmiəbəl/.
What is the opposite of permeable?: The recorded antonyms are impermeable.
Is permeable a common word?: permeable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for permeable come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through
“permeable membranes”
“rock that is permeable by water”
Antonymsimpermeable
Similarporous semipermeable

Questions about permeable

What does permeable mean?: permeable means "allowing fluids or gases to pass or diffuse through".
How many syllables are in permeable?: permeable has 4 syllables: per-me-a-ble. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɝˌmiəbəl/.
What is the opposite of permeable?: The recorded antonyms are impermeable.
Is permeable a common word?: permeable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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