untouchable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ touch +‎ -able

Adjective

untouchable (comparative more untouchable, superlative most untouchable)

Not able to be touched.

Derived terms

Translations

not able to be touched

Catalan: intocable
Esperanto: netuŝebla
Finnish: koskematon (fi)
French: intouchable (fr)
German: unantastbar (de)
Hungarian: érinthetetlen (hu)

Portuguese: intocável (pt) m or f
Russian: неприкаса́емый (ru) (neprikasájemyj), неприкоснове́нный (ru) (neprikosnovénnyj) (sacrosanct)
Serbo-Croatian: недодирљив, nedodirljiv (sh)
Spanish: intocable (es)
Telugu: అంటరాని (aṇṭarāni)

Noun

untouchable (plural untouchables)

A criminal who is so adept that they cannot be arrested or convicted.
A pariah.
In the Indian caste system, a member of the lowest caste.
An incorruptible law enforcement agent

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:untouchable.

Translations

criminal

Greek: παρίας (el) m (parías)

Hungarian: érinthetetlen (hu)

pariah — see pariah

member of the lowest caste

Finnish: kastiton, koskematon (fi)
French: intouchable (fr) m or f
Hindi: चांडाल (hi) (cāṇḍāl)

Hungarian: érinthetetlen (hu)
Telugu: అంటరానివాడు (aṇṭarānivāḍu)
Urdu: چنڈال‎

incorruptible law enforcement agent

Finnish: lahjomaton (fi)

Greek: αδιάφθορος (el) m (adiáfthoros)

Further reading

untouchable on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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