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• /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/
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From Middle French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).

Partly from Russian интеллиге́нт (intelligént) and partly from the adjective.

147 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: i zgjuar — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Arabic: ذَكِيّ (ḏakiyy) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Arabic: زكي (zakī) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Armenian: խելացի (xelacʻi) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Armenian: խելոք (xelokʻ) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Aromanian: dishteptu — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Assamese: বুধিয়ক (budhik) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Asturian: intelixente — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Bashkir: аҡыллы (aqıllı) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Belarusian: разу́мны (razúmny) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Bengali: বুদ্ধিমান (buddhiman) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Bulgarian: интелигентен (inteligenten) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Bulgarian: схватлив (shvatliv) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Catalan: intel·ligent — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Cherokee: ᎠᏌᎹᏗ (asamadi) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Chinese Mandarin: 聰明 /聪明 (cōngming) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Chinese Mandarin: 聰慧 /聪慧 (cōnghuì) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• West Circassian: акъыл (aqəl) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Czech: inteligentní — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Dutch: intelligent — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Esperanto: inteligenta — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Finnish: älykäs — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• French: intelligent — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Galician: intelixente — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Galician: espelido — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Georgian: ინტელიგენტური (inṭeligenṭuri) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Georgian: საზრიანი (sazriani) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• German: klug — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• German: intelligent — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Greek: έξυπνος (éxypnos) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Ancient Greek: συνετός (sunetós) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Ancient Greek: ἔμφρων (émphrōn) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Hebrew: נָבוֹן (navón) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Hindi: बुद्धिमान (buddhimān) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Hindi: चतुर (catur) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Hindi: सयाना (sayānā) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Hungarian: intelligens — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Icelandic: gáfaður — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Ido: inteligenta — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Irish: éirimiúil — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Irish: meabhrach — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Italian: intelligente — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Japanese: 聡明な (sōmei na) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Japanese: 賢い (kashikoi) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Japanese: 利口な (rikō na) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Karakhanid: بِلْكا (bilgē) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Kavalan: msanem — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Khmer: ឆ្លាត (chlaat) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Korean: 똑똑하다 (predicate) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Korean: 똑똑한 (ttokttok-han) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Korean: 총명하다 (chongmyeong-hada) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Central Kurdish: زیرەک (zîrek) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Lao: ສລາຕ (sa lāt) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Latin: intelligens — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Latin: catus — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Latvian: prātīgs — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Latvian: saprātīgs — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Latvian: gudrs — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Lingala: mayele — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Lithuanian: protingas — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Malay: cerdas — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Malay: pintar — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Malayalam: ബുദ്ധിയുള്ള (buddhiyuḷḷa) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Māori: punenga — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Māori: koi te hinengaro — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Mongolian: ухаалаг (uxaalag) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Norwegian: intelligent — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Occitan: intelligent — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Old English: andġietol — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Persian: باهوش (bâ-huš) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Persian: هوشمند (huš-mand) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Plautdietsch: Forcht — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Plautdietsch: beschläpen — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Polish: inteligentny — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Portuguese: inteligente — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Punjabi: ਅਕਲਮੰਦ (akalmand) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Romanian: inteligent — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Romanian: deștept — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Russian: у́мный (úmnyj) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Russian: разу́мный (razúmnyj) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Russian: сообрази́тельный (soobrazítelʹnyj) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Russian: смышлёный (smyšljónyj) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Russian: поня́тливый (ponjátlivyj) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Sango: mayele — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Sanskrit: प्रज्ञ (prajña) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Sanskrit: चतुर (catura) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Sanskrit: मनु (manu) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Sicilian: ntilliggenti — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Sicilian: spertu — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Slovak: inteligentný — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Spanish: inteligente — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Swahili: akili — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Swedish: intelligent — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Swedish: klyftig — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Swedish: klok — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Tagalog: intelihente — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Tagalog: matalino — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Tagalog: matalino — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Thai: ฉลาด (chà-làat) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Turkish: akıllı — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Ukrainian: розу́мний (rozúmnyj) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Unami: lëpwe — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Urdu: ہوشیار (hośiyār) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Urdu: سمجھدار (samajhdār) — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Vietnamese: thông minh — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Welsh: deallus — of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright
• Asturian: intelixente — well thought-out, well considered
• Bulgarian: умен (umen) — well thought-out, well considered
• Bulgarian: разумен (razumen) — well thought-out, well considered
• Catalan: intel·ligent — well thought-out, well considered
• Dutch: intelligent — well thought-out, well considered
• Dutch: doordacht — well thought-out, well considered
• Finnish: älykäs — well thought-out, well considered
• French: intelligent — well thought-out, well considered
• Galician: intelixente — well thought-out, well considered
• German: klug — well thought-out, well considered
• German: intelligent — well thought-out, well considered
• Greek: έξυπνος (éxypnos) — well thought-out, well considered
• Italian: intelligente — well thought-out, well considered
• Central Kurdish: زیرەک (zîrek) — well thought-out, well considered
• Occitan: intelligent — well thought-out, well considered
• Portuguese: inteligente — well thought-out, well considered
• Russian: у́мный (úmnyj) — well thought-out, well considered
• Russian: проду́манный (prodúmannyj) — well thought-out, well considered
• Russian: разу́мный (razúmnyj) — well thought-out, well considered
• Russian: здра́вый (zdrávyj) — well thought-out, well considered
• Spanish: inteligente — well thought-out, well considered
• Tagalog: intelihente — well thought-out, well considered
• Tagalog: pinag-isipan — well thought-out, well considered
• Bulgarian: смислен (smislen) — characterized by thoughtful interaction
• Catalan: intel·ligent — characterized by thoughtful interaction
• Dutch: intelligent — characterized by thoughtful interaction
• Finnish: älyllinen — characterized by thoughtful interaction
• French: intelligent — characterized by thoughtful interaction
• German: intelligent — characterized by thoughtful interaction
• Italian: intelligente — characterized by thoughtful interaction
• Central Kurdish: زیرەک (zîrek) — characterized by thoughtful interaction
• Portuguese: inteligente — characterized by thoughtful interaction
• Spanish: inteligente — characterized by thoughtful interaction
• Swedish: intelligent — characterized by thoughtful interaction
• Tagalog: intelihente — characterized by thoughtful interaction
• Tagalog: matalino — characterized by thoughtful interaction
• French: intelligent — having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind
• German: intelligent — having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind
• Greek: νοήμων (noḯmon) — having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind
• Italian: intelligente — having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind
• Spanish: inteligente — having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind