intelligible

See also: intel·ligible

English

Etymology

From Middle French intelligible, from Old French, from Latin intelligibilis.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛləd͡ʒəbl̩/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛlədʒəbl̩

Adjective

intelligible (comparative more intelligible, superlative most intelligible)

1. Capable of being understood; clear to the mind.

   Italian and Spanish are mutually intelligible languages.

Synonyms

• understandable; See also Thesaurus:comprehensible

Antonyms

• unintelligible; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Derived terms

• intelligibility
• intelligibleness
• interintelligible
• mutually intelligible
• unintelligible

 

Translations

capable of being understood

• Arabic: بائِن‎ (bāʔin), بَيّن‎ (ar), مُبِين‎ (mubīn), مُتّضِح‎, مُتَجَلٍ‎ (mutajalin), وَضّاح‎ (waḍḍāḥ)
• Bulgarian: разбираем (bg) (razbiraem), понятен (bg) (ponjaten)
• Catalan: intel·ligible (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可理解的 (kělǐjiě de)

• Czech: srozumitelný (cs)
• Dutch: verstaanbaar (nl), begrijpelijk (nl)
• Estonian: arusaadav
• Finnish: ymmärrettävä (fi)
• French: intelligible (fr)
• Galician: intelixíbel (gl)
• German: einleuchtend (de), verständlich (de)
• Greek: νοητός (el) (noïtós), καταληπτός (el) (kataliptós)
• Irish: sothuigthe, intuigthe
• Italian: intelligibile (it)
• Macedonian: поимлив (poimliv)
• Maltese: fhumi
• Manx: so-hoiggal
• Norwegian: forståelig (no)
• Persian: مفهوم‎ (fa) (mafhum)
• Polish: zrozumiały (pl)
• Portuguese: inteligível (pt)
• Romanian: inteligibil (ro)
• Russian: вразуми́тельный (ru) (vrazumítelʹnyj), поня́тный (ru) (ponjátnyj), умопостига́емый (umopostigájemyj)
• Spanish: inteligible (es)
• Swedish: begriplig (sv)
• Turkish: açık (tr), anlaşılır, idrâk edilebilir, anlaşılabilir

See also

• legible

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intelligibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛ.li.ʒibl/, /ɛ̃.te.li.ʒibl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ibl
• Homophone: intelligibles
• Hyphenation: in‧tel‧li‧gible

Adjective

intelligible (plural intelligibles)

1. intelligible

   Antonym: inintelligible

Related terms

• intelligibilité

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intelligibilis.

Adjective

intelligible m or f (plural intelligibles)

1. intelligible