impenetrable

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ɪmˈpɛnətɹəbəl

Definitions

A person not openly given to friendship.

Equivalents

Españolimpenetrable

Françaisimpénétrable

Deutschundurchlässig

12 more languages

العربيةمنيع

Catalàimpenetrable

Češtinanedobytný neproniknutelný nesrozumitelný

Ελληνικάαδιαπέραστος

Suomiläpitunkematon

日本語鉄壁

Latinaimpenetrabilis invius

Nederlandsonbegrijpelijk ondoordringbaar onpeilbaar

Portuguêsimpenetrável

Românăimpenetrabil

Русскийнепроницаемый непроходи́мый

Українськанепробивний непроникни́й

Examples

“I should lose ⟳ the reputation that I am gradually acquiring among our impenetrables here, were I to confess the excitement which I felt at the idea of entering his house—the house of that great general under whose command you made your first charge.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

Impenetrableness Impenetrably impenetralia impenetration Impenitence impenitency

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