tactile

Borrowed from Middle French tactile, from Latin tactilis (“that may be touched, tangible”), from tangere (“to touch”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæktaɪl/, /ˈtæktəl/

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tactile (comparative more tactile, superlative most tactile)

1. Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.
2. Used for feeling.
3. Of or relating to the sense of touch.
   • H. N. Martin

     The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is greatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm.

• haptic
• palpable
• touchable

• tactile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tactile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tactile at OneLook Dictionary Search

• lattice, talcite

Borrowed from Latin tāctilis.

• IPA^(key): /tak.til/

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tactile (plural tactiles)

1. tactile
2. haptic

• écran tactile
• tactilement

• “tactile” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

tactile

1. nominative neuter singular of tactilis
2. accusative neuter singular of tactilis
3. vocative neuter singular of tactilis