untouchable

adj.

1. Not to be touched.
2. Out of reach; unobtainable.
3. Being beyond the reach of criticism, impeachment, or attack.
4. Loathsome or unpleasant to the touch.

n. often Untouchable
A member of the class that is excluded from and considered unclean and defiling by the four Hindu castes.

untouchability un·touch'a·bil'i·ty n.
untouchably un·touch'a·bly adv.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
  Synonym: Harijan

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The adjective untouchable has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment

Meaning #2: impossible to assail
  Synonym: unassailable

Meaning #3: forbidden to the touch

Meaning #4: defiling to the touch; especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes

Meaning #5: not capable of being obtained
  Synonyms: inaccessible, unobtainable, unprocurable

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - urørlig, kasteløs; i Indien
n. - urørlig, paria

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongenaakbaar, niet te evenaren, on(aan) tastbaar, onrein (Hindoes), onaanraakbare/paria (laagste Hindoekaste)

Français (French)
adj. - intouchable, imbattable
n. - (Relig) intouchable

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unberührbar, unantastbar
n. - Unberührbare(r)

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κοινωνικά απόβλητος, ανεπίτευκτος, υπεράνω μομφής ή υποψίας, που δεν τον άγγιξε χέρι, απείραχτος, άθικτος

Italiano (Italian)
inaccessibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - intangível, imaterial

Русский (Russian)
неприкосновенный, недосягаемый, неприкасаемые (каста в Индии)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - intocable, inalcanzable
n. - intocable (individuo de una casta inferior en la India) , persona de moral intachable, persona protegida por los fueros parlamentarios, diplomáticos, etc.

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kastlös, oberörbar, som inte får vidröras

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
禁止触摸的, 独特的, 管不着的, 贱民

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 禁止觸摸的, 獨特的, 管不著的
n. - 賤民

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 만질 수 없는, 의심할 수 없는, 손이 닿지 않는
n. - 불촉천민(인도 최하층 사람), 민감한 것

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 汚らわしい
n. - 不可触民

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) لا يمس, فوق النقد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שאסור או שאי אפשר לגעת בו, לא נגיש, בלתי משוחד‬
n. - ‮בן כת הטמאים (בהודו)‬

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