intelligible

See also: intel·ligible

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛləd͡ʒəbəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛlədʒəbəl

Adjective

intelligible (comparative more intelligible, superlative most intelligible)

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

   Italian and Spanish are partially mutually intelligible languages.

   • 2018 February 17, Devan Cole, “LeBron James: ‘I am more than an athlete’”, in CNN‎:

     That comment seemed to anger Ingraham, who called James’ view a “barely intelligible, not to mention ungrammatical take on President Trump.”

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:

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• 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