intellect
Etymology
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Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus, perfect passive participle of Latin intellegō, from inter ("between, among") + legō ("read"), with connotation of bind.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ˈɪntəlɛkt/
intellect
- (uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:intelligence
- Intellect is one of man's greatest powers.
- (uncountable) The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
- They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect.
- A person who has that faculty to a great degree.
- Synonyms: intellectual
- Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.
- German: Intellekt
- Italian: intelletto
- Portuguese: intelecto
- Russian: интелле́кт
- Spanish: intelecto
- Portuguese: intelecto
- Portuguese: intelectual
- Russian: интеллектуа́л
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