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intelligent

See also: intel·ligent

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).

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  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/
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intelligent (comparative more intelligent or (rare, proscribed) intelligenter, superlative most intelligent or (rare, proscribed) intelligentest)

  1. 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.”
  2. 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.
  3. Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
    My girlfriend and I had an intelligent conversation.
  4. Having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind.
    The hunt for extraterrestrial intelligent life continues.
  5. Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.
    an intelligent network or keyboard
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Etymology 2

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Partly from Russian интеллиге́нт (intelligént) and partly from the adjective.

Noun

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intelligent (plural intelligents)

  1. 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.

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Etymology

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From French intelligent.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /enteliɡɛnt/, [entˢeliˈɡ̊ɛnˀd̥]

Adjective

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intelligent

  1. intelligent

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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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Etymology

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From French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).

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intelligent (comparative intelligenter, superlative intelligentst)

  1. intelligent, bright, smart

Inflection

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Declension 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 —
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Descendants

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  • → Indonesian: inteligen

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin intelligentem (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛ.li.ʒɑ̃/ ~ /ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃/, /ɛ̃.tɛl.li.ʒɑ̃/[1]
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Adjective

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intelligent (feminine intelligente, masculine plural intelligents, feminine plural intelligentes)

  1. intelligent

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

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Etymology

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From Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).

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Adjective

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intelligent (strong nominative masculine singular intelligenter, comparative intelligenter, superlative am intelligentesten)

  1. 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.

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Positive forms of intelligent
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist intelligent sie ist intelligent es ist intelligent sie sind intelligent
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative intelligenter intelligente intelligentes intelligente
genitive intelligenten intelligenter intelligenten intelligenter
dative intelligentem intelligenter intelligentem intelligenten
accusative intelligenten intelligente intelligentes intelligente
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der intelligente die intelligente das intelligente die intelligenten
genitive des intelligenten der intelligenten des intelligenten der intelligenten
dative dem intelligenten der intelligenten dem intelligenten den intelligenten
accusative den intelligenten die intelligente das intelligente die intelligenten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein intelligenter eine intelligente ein intelligentes (keine) intelligenten
genitive eines intelligenten einer intelligenten eines intelligenten (keiner) intelligenten
dative einem intelligenten einer intelligenten einem intelligenten (keinen) intelligenten
accusative einen intelligenten eine intelligente ein intelligentes (keine) intelligenten
Comparative forms of intelligent
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist intelligenter sie ist intelligenter es ist intelligenter sie sind intelligenter
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative intelligenterer intelligentere intelligenteres intelligentere
genitive intelligenteren intelligenterer intelligenteren intelligenterer
dative intelligenterem intelligenterer intelligenterem intelligenteren
accusative intelligenteren intelligentere intelligenteres intelligentere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der intelligentere die intelligentere das intelligentere die intelligenteren
genitive des intelligenteren der intelligenteren des intelligenteren der intelligenteren
dative dem intelligenteren der intelligenteren dem intelligenteren den intelligenteren
accusative den intelligenteren die intelligentere das intelligentere die intelligenteren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein intelligenterer eine intelligentere ein intelligenteres (keine) intelligenteren
genitive eines intelligenteren einer intelligenteren eines intelligenteren (keiner) intelligenteren
dative einem intelligenteren einer intelligenteren einem intelligenteren (keinen) intelligenteren
accusative einen intelligenteren eine intelligentere ein intelligenteres (keine) intelligenteren
Superlative forms of intelligent
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am intelligentesten sie ist am intelligentesten es ist am intelligentesten sie sind am intelligentesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative intelligentester intelligenteste intelligentestes intelligenteste
genitive intelligentesten intelligentester intelligentesten intelligentester
dative intelligentestem intelligentester intelligentestem intelligentesten
accusative intelligentesten intelligenteste intelligentestes intelligenteste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der intelligenteste die intelligenteste das intelligenteste die intelligentesten
genitive des intelligentesten der intelligentesten des intelligentesten der intelligentesten
dative dem intelligentesten der intelligentesten dem intelligentesten den intelligentesten
accusative den intelligentesten die intelligenteste das intelligenteste die intelligentesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein intelligentester eine intelligenteste ein intelligentestes (keine) intelligentesten
genitive eines intelligentesten einer intelligentesten eines intelligentesten (keiner) intelligentesten
dative einem intelligentesten einer intelligentesten einem intelligentesten (keinen) intelligentesten
accusative einen intelligentesten eine intelligenteste ein intelligentestes (keine) intelligentesten
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Verb

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intelligent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of intelligō

Swedish

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Adjective

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intelligent (comparative intelligentare, superlative intelligentast)

  1. intelligent, bright
    Antonym: ointelligent

Declension

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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

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intelligent (comparative intelligentare, superlative intelligentast)

  1. intelligently

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