intelligent

See also: intel·ligent

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/
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Adjective

intelligent (comparative more intelligent or intelligenter, superlative most intelligent or 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 the same level of brain power as mankind.
    The hunt for intelligent life.
  5. Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.
    an intelligent network or keyboard

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Danish

Etymology

From French intelligent.

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

Adjective

intelligent

  1. intelligent

Inflection
Inflection of intelligent
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular intelligent — —2
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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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
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Adjective

intelligent (comparative intelligenter, superlative intelligentst)

  1. intelligent, bright, smart

Inflection
Inflection of intelligent
uninflected intelligent
inflected intelligente
comparative intelligenter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial intelligentintelligenterhet intelligentst
het intelligentste
indefinite m./f. sing. intelligenteintelligentereintelligentste
n. sing. intelligentintelligenterintelligentste
plural intelligenteintelligentereintelligentste
definite intelligenteintelligentereintelligentste
partitive intelligentsintelligenters—

French

Etymology

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

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

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

  1. intelligent

Derived terms

References
  1. “intelligent” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔɪntɛliˈɡɛnt/
  • Audio(file)

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
number & 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
number & 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
number & 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

Further reading

Latin

Verb

intelligent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of intelligō

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
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