tactile
English
/ˈtæktaɪl/
adj
Definitions
- Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.
- Used for feeling.
- Of or relating to the sense of touch.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French tactile derived from Latin tactilis (tangible, that may be touched) root from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (touch, take hold of).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*teh₂g-
Gloss
touch, take hold of
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- audiotactile English
- chemotactile English
- electrotactile English
- geotaxis English
- hypotaxis English
- intact English
- mechanotactile English
- nontactile English
- para-hypotaxis English
- parataxis English
- pedotactile English
- pneumotactile English
- syntax English
- tactful English
- tactilely English
- tactility English
- tactilometric English
- tactilometry English
- tactless English
- tangential English
- taxidermal English
- taxis English
- taxocene English
- taxodont English
- taxonym English
- taxonymy English
- thermotactile English
- untactful English
- untactile English
- vibrotactile English
- visuotactile English
- contactus Latin
- contingo Latin
- intactus Latin
- integer Latin
- tactilis Latin
- tactus Latin
- tangere Latin
- tangō Latin
- tāctus Latin
- tālāriā Latin
- tattile Italian
- intact French
- taxonomie French
- táctil Spanish, Castilian
- συντακτικός Ancient Greek
- τάξις Ancient Greek
- ταγός Ancient Greek
- τακτικός Ancient Greek
- *tag- Proto-Indo-European
- *teh₂g- Proto-Indo-European
- taktil Norwegian Bokmål
- táctil Portuguese
- *þakwōną Proto-Germanic
- taktil Norwegian Nynorsk
- *tъknǫti Proto-Slavic
- εντάξει Greek (modern)
- teimlo Welsh
- թակարդ Old Armenian
- tactile Middle French
- *tongeti Proto-Celtic
- *tangō Proto-Italic
- táctil Asturian
- *taťťō Proto-Hellenic
- taxis
- syntax
- intact
- tactful
- taxonym
- taxocene
- taxodont
- geotaxis
- taxonymy
- tactless
- hypotaxis
- parataxis
- tactilely
- tactility
- untactile
- untactful
- tangential
- nontactile
- taxidermal
- pedotactile
- visuotactile
- audiotactile
- vibrotactile
- chemotactile
- tactilometry
- pneumotactile
- thermotactile
- tactilometric
- electrotactile
- para-hypotaxis
- mechanotactile