νοημοσύνη

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, since 1856 from νοήμων, νοημ(ον)- (noḯmon, noïm(on)-, “intelligent”) + -οσύνη (-osýni, suffix for feminine abstract nouns)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no.i.moˈsi.ni/
• Hyphenation: νο‧η‧μο‧σύ‧νη

Noun

νοημοσύνη • (noïmosýni) f (usually uncountable, plural νοημοσύνες)

1. intelligence as the capacity of mind

Declension

Declension of νοημοσύνη

	singular	plural
nominative	νοημοσύνη •	νοημοσύνες •
genitive	νοημοσύνης •	νοημοσυνών •
accusative	νοημοσύνη •	νοημοσύνες •
vocative	νοημοσύνη •	νοημοσύνες •
Usually in the singular.

Derived terms

• δείκτης νοημοσύνης m (deíktis noïmosýnis, “IQ, intelligence quotient”)
• τεχνητή νοημοσύνη f (technití noïmosýni, “artificial intelligence”)

Related terms

• νόημα n (nóima, “sense, meaning”)

• and see: νοήμων (noḯmon) / νοήμονας (noḯmonas, “intelligent”) & νους m (nous, “mind”)

See also

• εξυπνάδα f (exypnáda, “intelligence, cleverness”)

Further reading

• νοημοσύνη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language