intellectuel

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin intellēctuālis. Morphologically, from intellect +‎ -uel. Cognate to English intellectual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛ.lɛk.tɥɛl/ ~ /ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥɛl/

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Adjective

intellectuel (feminine intellectuelle, masculine plural intellectuels, feminine plural intellectuelles)

1. intellectual

   masturbation intellectuelle ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   quotient intellectuel ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• intellectuellement

Descendants

• → Danish: intellektuel
• → Dutch: intellectueel
  • Afrikaans: intellektueel
• → German: intellektuell
• → Norwegian Bokmål: intellektuell
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: intellektuell
• → Romanian: intelectual
• → Swedish: intellektuell
• → Turkish: entelektüel
• → Yiddish: אינטעלעקטועל (intelektuel)

Noun

intellectuel m (plural intellectuels, feminine intellectuelle)

1. an intellectual (intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters)

Further reading

• “intellectuel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.