imperceptível

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• impercetível (Portugal)

Etymology

From im- +‎ perceptível.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.peʁ.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vew/ [ĩ.peh.se.piˈt͡ʃi.veʊ̯], /ĩ.peʁ.sepˈt͡ʃi.vew/ [ĩ.peh.sepˈt͡ʃi.veʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.peʁ.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vew/ [ĩ.peh.se.piˈt͡ʃi.veʊ̯], /ĩ.peʁ.sepˈt͡ʃi.vew/ [ĩ.peh.sepˈt͡ʃi.veʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.peɾ.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vew/ [ĩ.peɾ.se.piˈt͡ʃi.veʊ̯], /ĩ.peɾ.sepˈt͡ʃi.vew/ [ĩ.peɾ.sepˈt͡ʃi.veʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.peʁ.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vew/ [ĩ.peχ.se.piˈt͡ʃi.veʊ̯], /ĩ.peʁ.sepˈt͡ʃi.vew/ [ĩ.peχ.sepˈt͡ʃi.veʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.peɻ.sepˈt͡ʃi.vew/ [ĩ.peɻ.sepˈt͡ʃi.veʊ̯], /ĩ.peɻ.se.piˈt͡ʃi.vew/ [ĩ.peɻ.se.piˈt͡ʃi.veʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɨɾ.sɨˈpti.vɛl/ [ĩ.pɨɾ.sɨˈpti.vɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɨɾ.sɨˈpti.vɛl/ [ĩ.pɨɾ.sɨˈpti.vɛɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɨɾ.sɨˈpti.bɛl/ [ĩ.pɨɾ.sɨˈpti.βɛɫ]

• Hyphenation: im‧per‧cep‧tí‧vel

Adjective

imperceptível m or f (plural imperceptíveis) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

1. imperceptible
2. inconspicuous

Derived terms

• imperceptivelmente

Further reading

• “imperceptível”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024