impénétrable

See also: impenetrable

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impenētrābilis. By surface analysis, im- +‎ pénétrable.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pe.ne.tʁabl/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

impénétrable (plural impénétrables)

  1. impenetrable
    une barrière impénétrable ― an impenetrable barrier
  2. (figuratively) not understandable, mysterious
    Les voies du Seigneur sont impénétrables.
    God works in mysterious ways.
    (literally, “The ways of the Lord are impenetrable.”)

Derived terms

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.