visible, audible, palpable...

English translation: tasty, smelly

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English term or phrase:visible, audible, palpable
Selected answer:tasty, smelly
Entered by: Alfa Trans (X)

08:19 Aug 27, 2004
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Food & Drink
English term or phrase: visible, audible, palpable...
What are the other two adjectives for things which can be felt through the five senses? I'm sure there is no such word as tastable or smellable. Help!!
Susan Geiblinger
Austria
Local time: 21:19
tasty/smelly
Explanation:
tasty = having a pleasant flavour, pleasing to the tase
smelly = having a bad smell

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Note added at 6 mins (2004-08-27 08:25:52 GMT)
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typo: taste
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Alfa Trans (X)
Local time: 22:19
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Thanky, you inspired me to rewrite using the word taste
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4tasty/smelly
Alfa Trans (X)
4tasteable, smellable
Vicky Papaprodromou
3scentable, tasteable
Dierk Widmann


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tasty/smelly


Explanation:
tasty = having a pleasant flavour, pleasing to the tase
smelly = having a bad smell

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Note added at 6 mins (2004-08-27 08:25:52 GMT)
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typo: taste

Alfa Trans (X)
Local time: 22:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Finnish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Thanky, you inspired me to rewrite using the word taste
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tasteable, smellable


Explanation:
OXFORD CONCISE DICTIONARY

As for palpable, I would prefer using "tangible".

Vicky Papaprodromou
Greece
Local time: 22:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
scentable, tasteable


Explanation:
"tasteable" really exists - see Oxford Concise under "Taste".

"scentable" just an educated guess, but with the odd Google hit.

Dierk Widmann
Germany
Local time: 21:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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