semipermeable

See also: semiperméable

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ permeable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛmiˈpɜː(ɹ)miəbəl/, /ˌsɛmaɪ-/

Adjective

semipermeable (comparative more semipermeable, superlative most semipermeable)

1. Permeable to some things and not to others, as a cell membrane which allows some molecules through but blocks other substances.

Translations

permeable to some things and not to others

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: полупропусклив (polupropuskliv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 半透的 (bàntòu de)

• Finnish: puoliläpäisevä
• French: semiperméable (fr)
• German: halbdurchlässig
• Greek: ημιπερατός (el) (imiperatós)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: szemipermeábilis
• Italian: semipermeabile
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: nîvdelînbar

• Maori: tukutaritari
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: полупроница́емый (ru) (polupronicájemyj)
• Spanish: semipermeable
• Turkish: yarı geçirgen (tr), seçici geçirgen
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: bán thấm

See also

• osmosis

Spanish

Adjective

semipermeable m or f (masculine and feminine plural semipermeables)

1. semipermeable

Further reading

• “semipermeable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10