tactile
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French tactile, from Latin tactilis (“that may be touched, tangible”), from tangere (“to touch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtæktaɪl/, /ˈtæktəl/
Audio (UK) (file)
Adjective
tactile (comparative more tactile, superlative most tactile)
- Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.
- Used for feeling.
- Of or relating to the sense of touch.
- H. N. Martin
- The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is greatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm.
- H. N. Martin
Related terms
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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/geotaxis' title='geotaxis'>geotaxis</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/hypotaxis' title='hypotaxis'>hypotaxis</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/intact' title='intact'>intact</a>
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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/paratactic' title='paratactic'>paratactic</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/parataxis' title='parataxis'>parataxis</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/syntactic' title='syntactic'>syntactic</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/syntax' title='syntax'>syntax</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tact' title='tact'>tact</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tactful' title='tactful'>tactful</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tactic' title='tactic'>tactic</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tactile' title='tactile'>tactile</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tactility' title='tactility'>tactility</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tactless' title='tactless'>tactless</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tangent' title='tangent'>tangent</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tangential' title='tangential'>tangential</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/tangible' title='tangible'>tangible</a>
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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/taxonomy' title='taxonomy'>taxonomy</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/taxonym' title='taxonym'>taxonym</a>
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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/untactful' title='untactful'>untactful</a>
Translations
tangible
used for feeling
of, or relating to the sense of touch
Further reading
- tactile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tactile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- tactile at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tak.til/
Audio (file)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tactile” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
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