intelligent
See also: intel·ligent
English
Alternative forms
- entelligent (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
intelligent (comparative more intelligent or intelligenter, superlative most intelligent or intelligentest)
- Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
- 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings:
- Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”
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- Well thought-out, well considered.
- The engineer had a very intelligent design proposal for the new car.
- The general devised an intelligent strategy for the southern campaign.
- Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
- My girlfriend and I had an intelligent conversation.
- Having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind.
- The hunt for intelligent life.
- Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.
- an intelligent network or keyboard
Synonyms
- (of high or quick cognitive capacity): See Thesaurus:intelligent
- (similar level of brain power to mankind): See Thesaurus:self-aware
Antonyms
Translations
of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
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well thought-out, well considered
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characterized by thoughtful interaction
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Danish
Etymology
From French intelligent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enteliɡɛnt/, [entˢeliˈɡ̊ɛnˀd̥]
Inflection
| Inflection of intelligent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Common singular | intelligent | — | —2 |
| Neuter singular | intelligent | — | —2 |
| Plural | intelligente | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | intelligente | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- intelligent liv
- uintelligent
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Dutch
Etymology
From French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
intelligent (comparative intelligenter, superlative intelligentst)
- intelligent, bright, smart
Inflection
| Inflection of intelligent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | intelligent | |||
| inflected | intelligente | |||
| comparative | intelligenter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | intelligent | intelligenter | het intelligentst het intelligentste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | intelligente | intelligentere | intelligentste |
| n. sing. | intelligent | intelligenter | intelligentste | |
| plural | intelligente | intelligentere | intelligentste | |
| definite | intelligente | intelligentere | intelligentste | |
| partitive | intelligents | intelligenters | — | |
Related terms
- intellect
- intellectueel m & adjective
- intelligentia
- intelligentie
French
Etymology
From Latin intelligēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛ.li.ʒɑ̃/, /ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃/, /ɛ̃.tɛl.li.ʒɑ̃/[1]
audio (file)
Adjective
intelligent (feminine intelligente, masculine plural intelligents, feminine plural intelligentes)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “intelligent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
- “intelligent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Etymology
From Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɪntɛliˈɡɛnt/
Audio (file)
Adjective
intelligent (strong nominative masculine singular intelligenter, comparative intelligenter, superlative am intelligentesten)
- intelligent
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 5/2010, page 100:
- Delphine sind die mit Abstand intelligentesten aller Tiere.
- Dolphins are by far the most intelligent of all animals.
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 5/2010, page 100:
Declension
Positive forms of intelligent
Comparative forms of intelligent
Superlative forms of intelligent
Related terms
Further reading
- “intelligent” in Duden online
- “intelligent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Latin
Swedish
Declension
| Inflection of intelligent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | intelligent | intelligentare | intelligentast |
| Neuter singular | intelligent | intelligentare | intelligentast |
| Plural | intelligenta | intelligentare | intelligentast |
| Masculine plural3 | intelligente | intelligentare | intelligentast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | intelligente | intelligentare | intelligentaste |
| All | intelligenta | intelligentare | intelligentaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
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