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)
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛlədʒəbl̩

Adjective

intelligible (comparative more intelligible, superlative most intelligible)

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

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)

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)

intelligible

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