Translation
intelligent, clever
Word origin
From the international word seen in French intelligent and English intelligent, from Latin intellegere ('to understand'), built from inter ('between') and legere ('to choose, to read'): to understand is to pick between things.
- Origin
- Latin, via French
- Root
- intellegere
- English cognates
- intelligent, intellect
Examples
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She is a very intelligent student.
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The dog is more intelligent than you think.
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An intelligent person first listens and then speaks.
Not quite the same as : is raw mental horsepower, is wisdom, knowing what to do with it. Esperanto keeps the pair distinct, just as English separates clever from wise.
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