intelligible
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See also: intel·ligible
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French intelligible, from Old French, from Latin intelligibilis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɛləd͡ʒəbəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlədʒəbəl
Adjective
[edit]intelligible (comparative more intelligible, superlative most intelligible)
- Capable of being understood; clear to the mind.
- Italian and Spanish are partially mutually intelligible languages.
Synonyms
[edit]- understandable; See also Thesaurus:comprehensible
Antonyms
[edit]- unintelligible; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]capable of being understood
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See also
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin intelligibilis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛ.li.ʒibl/ ~ /ɛ̃.te.li.ʒibl/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ibl
- Homophone: intelligibles
- Hyphenation: in‧tel‧li‧gible
Adjective
[edit]intelligible (plural intelligibles)
- intelligible
- Antonym: inintelligible
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “intelligible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin intelligibilis.
Adjective
[edit]intelligible m or f (plural intelligibles)
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