invisible

English Online Dictionary. What means invisible‎? What does invisible mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English invisible, from Old French invisible, from Late Latin invīsibilis. Displaced native Old English unġesewenlīċ.

Morphologically in- +‎ visible.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭn-vĭz'ə-bəl, IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/

Adjective

invisible (not comparable)

1. Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.

   Synonyms: unseeable, (archaic) unvisible

   Antonyms: apparent, visible
2. Not appearing on the surface.

   Synonyms: (colloquial) invis, hidden, latent
3. (Internet) Apparently, but not actually, offline.

4. (psychology) That is ignored by a person.

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Translations

Verb

invisible (third-person singular simple present invisibles, present participle invisibling, simple past and past participle invisibled)

1. To make invisible, to invisiblize.

Noun

invisible (plural invisibles)

1. (obsolete) An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.
2. (obsolete) A Rosicrucian; so called because avoiding declaration of his craft.
3. (obsolete) One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church.

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin invīsibilis.

Adjective

invisible (epicene, plural invisibles)

1. invisible (unable to be seen)

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin invīsibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [im.biˈzib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [iɱ.viˈzib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iɱ.viˈzi.ble]

Adjective

invisible m or f (masculine and feminine plural invisibles)

1. invisible

   Antonym: visible

Derived terms

• invisiblement

Related terms

• invisibilitat

French

Etymology

From Late Latin invīsibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.vi.zibl/

Adjective

invisible (plural invisibles)

1. invisible (unable to be seen)

   Antonym: visible

2. invisible (not appearing on the surface)

   Synonym: caché

   Antonym: visible

Derived terms

• invisiblement
• main invisible

Further reading

• “invisible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Alternative forms

• invisíbel

Etymology

From Late Latin invīsibilis.

Adjective

invisible m or f (plural invisibles)

1. invisible

   Antonym: visible

Derived terms

• invisiblemente

Old French

Etymology

First recorded in the 13th century. Borrowed from Late Latin invīsibilis.

Adjective

invisible m (oblique and nominative feminine singular invisible)

1. invisible (not able to be seen)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (invisible, supplement)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin invīsibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imbiˈsible/ [ĩm.biˈsi.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: in‧vi‧si‧ble

Adjective

invisible m or f (masculine and feminine plural invisibles)

1. invisible

   Antonym: visible

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “invisible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28