impénétrable
Appearance
See also: impenetrable
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin impenētrābilis. By surface analysis, im- + pénétrable.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]impénétrable (plural impénétrables)
- impenetrable
- une barrière impénétrable ― an impenetrable barrier
- (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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “impénétrable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.