intelligent

English

Alternative forms

• entelligent

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒənt/

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Adjective

intelligent (comparative more intelligent, superlative most intelligent)

1. of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
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 the same level of brain power as mankind.

   The hunt for intelligent life.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:intelligent

Antonyms

• stupid

Translations

of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright

Arabic: ذَكيّ (ar) (dhakiy) m. Egyptian Arabic: زكي (zakii) m. Armenian: խելացի (hy) (xelac’i), խելոք (hy) (xelok’) Aromanian: dishteptu Catalan: intel·ligent (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 聰明 (zh), 聪明 (zh) (cōngming), 聰慧 (zh), 聪慧 (zh) (cōnghuì) Dutch: intelligent (nl) Finnish: älykäs (fi) French: intelligent (fr) Georgian: ინტელიგენტური (ka), ინტელიგენტური (ka) (inteligenturi) German: intelligent (de) Greek: έξυπνος (el) (éxypnos) Hindi: होशियार (hi) (hośiyār) Hungarian: intelligens (hu) Ido: inteligenta (io) Italian: intelligente (it) Japanese: 聡明な (ja) (そうめいな, sōmei-na), 賢い (ja) (かしこい , kashikoi), 利口な (ja) (りこうな, rikō-na)

Khmer: ឆ្លាត (km) (chlaat) Korean: (predicate) 똑똑하다 (ko) (ttokttok-hada), (attributive) 똑똑한 (ko) (ttokttok-han) Kurdish: زیره‌ک (ku) (zirek) Latvian: prātīgs (lv), saprātīgs (lv), gudrs (lv) Lithuanian: protingas (lt) Persian: باهوش (fa) (bâ-huš) Portuguese: inteligente (pt) Romanian: inteligent (ro) m. and n., deștept (ro) Russian: умный (ru) (úmnyj), разумный (ru) (razúmnyj) Spanish: inteligente (es) Swedish: intelligent (sv), klyftig (sv) (colloquial), klok (sv) Tagalog: intelihente (tl), matalino (tl), (literally) matalino (tl) Thai: ฉลาด (th) (chalàat) Urdu: ہوشیار (ur) (hośiyār) Vietnamese: thông minh (vi) (聰明 (vi))

well thought-out, well considered

Catalan: intel·ligent (ca) Dutch: intelligent (nl), doordacht (nl) Finnish: älykäs (fi) French: intelligent (fr) German: intelligent (de) Greek: έξυπνος (el) (éxypnos)

Italian: intelligente (it) Kurdish: زیره‌ک (ku) (zirek) Portuguese: inteligente (pt) Russian: умный (ru) (úmnyj), продуманный (ru) (prodúmannyj) Spanish: inteligente (es) Tagalog: intelihente (tl), pinag-isipan (tl)

characterized by thoughtful interaction

Catalan: intel·ligent (ca) Dutch: intelligent (nl) French: intelligent (fr) German: intelligent (de) Italian: intelligente (it)

Kurdish: زیره‌ک (ku) (zirek) Portuguese: inteligente (pt) Spanish: inteligente (es) Swedish: intelligent (sv) Tagalog: intelihente (tl), matalino (tl)

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Mandarin: 聪颖的 (cōngying de) Esperanto: inteligenta Interlingua: intelligente

Korean: 지적인 (jijeokin) Telugu: తెలివైన (telivaina) Thai: ฉลาด (cha-lard)

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Danish

Etymology

From French intelligent.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /enteligɛnt/, [entˢeliˈɡ̊ɛnˀd̥]

Adjective

intelligent (neuter intelligent, definite and plural intelligente)

1. intelligent

Synonyms

• begavet

Related terms

• intelligens ("intelligence")
• uintelligent ("unintelligent")

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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

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Adjective

intelligent (comparative , superlative intelligentst)

1. intelligent, bright, smart

Related terms

• intellect
• intellectueel m. & adjective
• intelligentia
• intelligentie

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /ɛ̃teliʒɑ̃/, SAMPA: /E~.te.li.ZA~/

Adjective

intelligent m. (f. intelligente, m. plural intelligents, f. plural intelligentes)

1. intelligent

Derived terms

• intelligemment

Related terms

intellect intellectuel intelligence

intelligible

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German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʔɪntɛliˈɡɛnt/

Adjective

intelligent (comparative intelligenter, superlative am intelligentesten)

1. 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.

Declension

positive forms of intelligent

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
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

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
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

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
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

Related terms

• Intelligenz
• Intellekt
• intellektuell m.

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Latin

Verb

intelligent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of intelligō

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Swedish

Adjective

intelligent

1. intelligent, bright

		Common, singular			Neuter, singular		Plural
		Indefinite	Definite, sexus masculine	Definite, other sexus	Indefinite	Definite
Absolute		intelligent	intelligente	intelligenta	intelligent	intelligenta	intelligenta
Comparative		intelligentare, mer intelligent
Superlative	attribute	--	intelligentaste, mest intelligenta	intelligentaste, mest intelligenta	--	intelligentaste, mest intelligenta	intelligentaste, mest intelligenta
	predicative	intelligentast, mest intelligent	intelligentaste, mest intelligenta	intelligentaste, mest intelligenta	intelligentast, mest intelligent	intelligentaste, mest intelligenta	intelligentaste, mest intelligenta