intrinsic

English

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Alternative forms

• intrinsick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪn.ˈtrɪn.zɪk/

Etymology

From Latin intrinsecus (“on the inside, inwardly”), from *intrim, an assumed adverbial form of inter (“within”) + seccus (“by, on the side”)

Adjective

intrinsic (comparative more intrinsic, superlative most intrinsic)

1. Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
2. (of a body part, relating to anatomy) Comprising, being part of a whole.

Antonyms

• extrinsic

Derived terms

• intrinsic value
• intrinsic motivation
• intrinsic function
• intrinsic semiconductor

Related terms

• intrinsicality

Translations

inherent

• Danish: indre (da), egentlig (da)
• Dutch: intrinsiek (nl)
• Finnish: olennainen (fi), luontainen (fi)
• French: intrinsèque (fr)
• German: intrinsisch (de)
• Italian: intrinseco (it) m
• Polish: wewnętrzny (pl), rzeczywisty (pl)
• Portuguese: intrínseco (pt) m, intrínseca (pt) f

• Russian: присущий (ru) (prisuščij), свойственный (ru) (svojstvennyj), имманентный (ru) (immanentnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: интринзичан (sh), сво̀јствен (sh), , прирођен (sh), у̀рођен (sh)

  Roman: intrìnzičan (sh), svòjstven (sh), prìrođen (sh), ùrođen (sh)

• Spanish: intrínseco (es)
• Swedish: inneboende (sv)

comprising, being part of a whole

• Russian: составляющий (ru) (sostavljajuščij)

External links

• intrinsic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• intrinsic in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911