intellect

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪntəlɛkt/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈɪntəˌlɛkt/
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• Australian: /ˈɪntəlekt/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH1 N T AH0 L EH2 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IH1 N AH0 L EH2 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus (“understanding, intellect”), from Latin intellegō (“understand; reason”), from inter (“between, among”) + legō (“read”), with connotation of bind.

195 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: intelekt — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Arabic: عَقْل (ʕaql) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Arabic: فِطْنَة (fiṭna) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Arabic: ذِهْن (ḏihn) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Arabic: ذَكَاء (ḏakāʔ) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Armenian: բանականություն (banakanutʻyun) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Armenian: խելք (xelkʻ) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Avar: гӏакълу (ʻaqxʼlu) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Azerbaijani: ağıl — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Azerbaijani: intellekt — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Azerbaijani: zehin — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Azerbaijani: zəka — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Bashkir: аҡыл (aqıl) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Belarusian: інтэле́кт (inteljékt) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Belarusian: ро́зум (rózum) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Belarusian: рассу́дак (rassúdak) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Belarusian: глузд (hluzd) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Bengali: বুদ্ধি (buddhi) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Bengali: বুদ্ধিবৃত্তি (buddhibritti) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Bengali: আক্কল (akkol) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Bulgarian: интеле́кт (intelékt) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Bulgarian: разсъ́дък (razsǎ́dǎk) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Bulgarian: ум (um) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Bulgarian: ра́зум (rázum) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Bulgarian: акъ́л (akǎ́l) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Burmese: ဉာဏ (nyana.) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Burmese: အသိဉာဏ် (a.si.nyan) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Catalan: intel·lecte — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Chinese Cantonese: 思力 (si1 lik6) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Chinese Cantonese: 心智 (sam1 zi3) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Chinese Cantonese: 智力 (zi3 lik6) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Chinese Cantonese: 智能 (zi3 nang4) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Chinese Mandarin: 思力 (sīlì) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Chinese Mandarin: 心智 (xīnzhì) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Chinese Mandarin: 智力 (zhìlì) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Chinese Mandarin: 智能 (zhìnéng) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Chuvash: ӑс (ăs) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Czech: intelekt — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Danish: intellekt — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Dutch: intellect — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Estonian: intellekt — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Estonian: mõistus — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Finnish: äly — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• French: intellect — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Galician: intelecto — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Georgian: ინტელექტი (inṭelekṭi) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Georgian: გონება (goneba) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• German: Intellekt — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹 (fraþi) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Greek: νοημοσύνη (noïmosýni) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Greek: διάνοια (diánoia) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Greek: νόηση (nóisi) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Hebrew: תְּבוּנָה (tvuná) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Hindi: बुद्धि (buddhi) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Hindi: प्रज्ञा (prajñā) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Hindi: अक़्ल (aqla) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Hindi: ज़ेहन (zehan) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Hungarian: ész — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Hungarian: intellektus — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Hungarian: értelem — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Icelandic: greind — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Icelandic: vitsmunir — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Icelandic: intellekt — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Indonesian: intelek — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Indonesian: akal — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Irish: intleacht — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Italian: intelletto — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Japanese: 知性、思考力 (chisei) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Japanese: 智力 (chiryoku) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Japanese: 知恵 (chie) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Japanese: 知能 (chinō) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Kazakh: зият (ziät) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Kazakh: интеллект (intellekt) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Kazakh: ақыл (aqyl) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Khmer: បញ្ញា (paññaa) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Khmer: ញាណ (ñiən) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Korean: 지혜 (jihye) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Korean: 지력 (jiryeok) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Korean: 지성 (jiseong) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Korean: 사고력 (sagoryeok) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Korean: 지능 (jineung) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Northern Kurdish: hiş — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Northern Kurdish: jîrî — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Northern Kurdish: aqil — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Northern Kurdish: eqil — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Northern Kurdish: zihn — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Kyrgyz: эс (es) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Kyrgyz: акыл (akıl) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Kyrgyz: интеллект (intellekt) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Lao: ປັນຍາ (pan nyā) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Lao: ສະຫມອງ (sa mǭng) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Latin: intellectus — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Latvian: intelekts — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Lezgi: акьул (aq̇ul) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Lithuanian: intelektas — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Macedonian: интеле́кт (intelékt) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Macedonian: разум (razum) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Macedonian: ум (um) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Macedonian: акал (akal) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Malay: intelek — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Malay: akal — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Maltese: intellett — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Maltese: dehen — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Māori: ihomatua — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Māori: hirikapo — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Marathi: बुद्धी (buddhī) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Mongolian: оюун ухаан (ojuun uxaan) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Mongolian: оюун (ojuun) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Navajo: bíniʼ — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Norwegian Bokmål: intellekt — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Church Slavic: оумъ (umŭ) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Church Slavic: разоумъ (razumŭ) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Old East Slavic: разумъ (razumŭ) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Old East Slavic: умъ (umŭ) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Ossetian: зонд (zond) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Pashto: عقل — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Pashto: ذهن (zehn) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Iranian Persian: عَقْل (aġl) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Iranian Persian: هوشْمَنْدی (hušmandi) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Iranian Persian: هوش (huš) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Iranian Persian: ذِهْن (zehn) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Iranian Persian: ذَکاء (zakâ') — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Polish: intelekt — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Polish: rozum — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Polish: rozsądek — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Portuguese: intelecto — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Romanian: intelect — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Russian: интелле́кт (intellékt) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Russian: ра́зум (rázum) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Russian: ум (um) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Russian: рассу́док (rassúdok) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Sanskrit: मनस् (manas) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Sanskrit: बुद्धि (búddhi) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Serbo-Croatian: интѐлект — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Serbo-Croatian: у̑м — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̏зӯм — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Serbo-Croatian: intèlekt — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Serbo-Croatian: ȗm — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Serbo-Croatian: rȁzūm — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Slovak: intelekt — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Slovak: um — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Slovene: intelekt — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Slovene: razum — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Spanish: intelecto — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Swedish: intellekt — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Tabasaran: аькьюл (a̱q̇jul) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Tajik: ақл (aql) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Tajik: ҳӯш (hüš) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Tajik: зеҳн (zehn) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Tatar: акыл (aqıl) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Tausug: akkal — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Thai: ปัญญา (bpan-yaa) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Thai: สมอง (sà-mɔ̌ɔng) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Thai: เมธา (mee-taa) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Turkish: entelekt — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Turkish: akıl — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Turkish: zihin — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Turkish: zekâ — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Ottoman Turkish: عقل (ʼakl, ʼakıl) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Ottoman Turkish: ذهن (zihin) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Ottoman Turkish: ذكا (zekâ) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Turkmen: akyl — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Turkmen: intellekt — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Ukrainian: інтеле́кт (intelékt) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Ukrainian: ро́зум (rózum) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Ukrainian: розсу́док (rozsúdok) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Ukrainian: глузд (hluzd) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Urdu: عَقْل ('aql) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Urdu: ذِہْن (zihn) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Urdu: ذِہَن (zihan) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Uyghur: ئەقىل (eqil) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Uyghur: زېھىن (zëhin) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Uzbek: aql — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Uzbek: intellekt — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Uzbek: zehn — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Vietnamese: trí tuệ — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Vietnamese: trí năng — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Welsh: dealltwriaeth — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Yiddish: אינטעלעקט (intelekt) — the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
• Armenian: խելք (xelkʻ) — that faculty in a particular person
• Bulgarian: ум (um) — that faculty in a particular person
• Bulgarian: разсъ́дък (razsǎ́dǎk) — that faculty in a particular person
• Latin: intellectus — that faculty in a particular person
• Navajo: bíniʼ — that faculty in a particular person
• Portuguese: intelecto — that faculty in a particular person
• Romanian: intelect — that faculty in a particular person
• Bulgarian: интелектуа́лец (intelektuálec) — a person who has that faculty in great degree
• Finnish: älykkö — a person who has that faculty in great degree
• Finnish: ajattelija — a person who has that faculty in great degree
• Korean: 지식인 (jisigin) — a person who has that faculty in great degree
• Māori: ihumanea — a person who has that faculty in great degree
• Portuguese: intelectual — a person who has that faculty in great degree
• Romanian: intelectual — a person who has that faculty in great degree
• Romanian: intelectuală — a person who has that faculty in great degree
• Russian: интеллектуа́л (intellektuál) — a person who has that faculty in great degree