intelligent
See also: intel·ligent
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- entelligent (obsolete)
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
Adjective edit
intelligent (comparative more intelligent or (rare, proscribed) intelligenter, superlative most intelligent or (rare, proscribed) 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.”
- 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 edit
- (of high or quick cognitive capacity): See Thesaurus:intelligent
- (similar level of brain power to mankind): See Thesaurus:self-aware
Antonyms edit
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Translations edit
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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Etymology 2 edit
Partly from Russian интеллиге́нт (intelligént) and partly from the adjective.
Noun edit
intelligent (plural intelligents)
- A member of the intelligentsia; an intelligent person.
- 1832, The Comparative Coincidence of Reason and Scripture, volume II, London: J[ohn] Hatchard and Son, […], page 253:
- Now, as all intelligents are doomed to pass probationary states, it is highly probable that many intelligents, long antecedent to the foundation of our world, may have tarnished their innocence; or worse, many may have by disobedience fallen.
- 1972, Olga Matich, Paradox in the Religious Poetry of Zinaida Gippius, Wilhelm Fink, →ISBN, page 30:
- Like many Russian intelligents, the Merežkovskijs, together with Filosofov and the young student Vladimir Zlobin, fled from Russia in 1919.
- 2000, Nadieszda Kizenko, A Prodigal Saint: Father John of Kronstadt and the Russian People, The Pennsylvania State University Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 248:
- But if you fall away from your faith, as many intelligents have fallen away, then you will no longer be Russia or Holy Rus’, but a rabble of all kinds of other faiths who wish to destroy one another.
- 2011, Evgenii L’vovich Feinberg, translated by Andrei Vladimirovich Leonidov, Physicists: Epoch and Personalities (History of Modern Physical Sciences; 4), World Scientific, →ISBN, page 43:
- Many Russian intelligents, in particular scientists, that already in tsarist times were “infected” by liberal and even socialist ideas found in the revolution and the societal structure that followed, with all its horrible features, positive sides.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From French intelligent.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
intelligent
Inflection edit
| Inflection of intelligent | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | intelligent | — | —2 |
| Indefinite 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. | |||
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
intelligent (comparative intelligenter, superlative intelligentst)
- intelligent, bright, smart
Inflection edit
| 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 edit
- intellect
- intellectueel m & adjective
- intelligentia
- intelligentie
Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: inteligen
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin intelligentem (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
intelligent (feminine intelligente, masculine plural intelligents, feminine plural intelligentes)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ “intelligent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading edit
- “intelligent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
intelligent (strong nominative masculine singular intelligenter, comparative intelligenter, superlative am intelligentesten)
- intelligent
- Synonym: klug
- 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 5/2010, page 100:
- Delphine sind die mit Abstand intelligentesten aller Tiere.
- Dolphins are by far the most intelligent of all animals.
Declension edit
Positive forms of intelligent
Comparative forms of intelligent
Superlative forms of intelligent
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Further reading edit
- “intelligent” in Duden online
- “intelligent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Latin edit
Verb edit
intelligent
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
intelligent (comparative intelligentare, superlative intelligentast)
- intelligent, bright
- Antonym: ointelligent
Declension edit
| 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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Adverb edit
intelligent (comparative intelligentare, superlative intelligentast)