Phrase guide

intelligence quotient

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A score derived from one of several different standardized tests attempting to measure a person's intelligence relative to that of the general population, with the average usually calibrated to a number around 100.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: IQ

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: IQ, I.Q.

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ratio

Narrower terms: adult intelligence, borderline intelligence

History

Etymology

Calque of German Intelligenzquotient. Coined in 1912 by German psychologist William Stern.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُعَدَّل ذَكَاء (muʕaddal ḏakāʔ) — IQ score
  • Azerbaijani: zəka əmsalı — IQ score
  • Bulgarian: коефициент на интелигентност (koeficient na inteligentnost) — IQ score
  • Catalan: quocient intel·lectual — IQ score
  • Chinese Mandarin: 智商 (zhìshāng) — IQ score
  • Danish: intelligenskvotient — IQ score
  • Dutch: intelligentiequotiënt — IQ score
  • Esperanto: intelekta kvociento — IQ score
  • Finnish: älykkyysosamäärä — IQ score
  • French: quotient intellectuel — IQ score
  • Georgian: ინტელექტის კოეფიციენტი (inṭelekṭis ḳoepicienṭi) — IQ score
  • German: Intelligenzquotient — IQ score
  • Greek: δείκτης νοημοσύνης (deíktis noïmosýnis) — IQ score
  • Italian: quoziente intellettivo — IQ score
  • Italian: quoziente d'intelligenza — IQ score
  • Japanese: 知能指数 (chinō shisū) — IQ score
  • Japanese: IQ (IQ) — IQ score
  • Japanese: アイ・キュー (ai-kyū) — IQ score
  • Korean: 지능 지수 (jineung jisu) — IQ score
  • Korean: 아이큐 (aikyu) — IQ score
  • Macedonian: коефицие́нт на интелиге́нција (koeficiént na inteligéncija) — IQ score
  • Marathi: बुद्ध्यांक (buddhyāṅka) — IQ score
  • Polish: iloraz inteligencji — IQ score
  • Portuguese: quociente de inteligência — IQ score
  • Russian: коэффицие́нт интелле́кта (koefficijént intellékta) — IQ score
  • Russian: IQ — IQ score
  • Russian: ай-кью́ (aj-kʹjú) — IQ score
  • Spanish: cociente de inteligencia — IQ score
  • Spanish: cociente intelectual — IQ score
  • Spanish: cuociente de inteligencia — IQ score
  • Spanish: cuociente intelectual — IQ score
  • Spanish: coeficiente de inteligencia — IQ score
  • Spanish: coeficiente intelectual — IQ score
  • Swedish: intelligenskvot — IQ score
  • Turkish: zekâ seviyesi — IQ score
  • Turkish: zekâ katsayısı — IQ score
  • Vietnamese: chỉ số thông minh — IQ score
  • Vietnamese: IQ — IQ score