intuition

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-t͡ʃuː-/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌɪn.tuˈɪʃ.ən/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌɪn.tjuˈɪʃ.ən/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T UW0 IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French intuition, from Medieval Latin intuitiō (“a looking at, immediate cognition”), from Latin intueor (“to look at, consider”), from in- (“in, on”) + tueor (“to look, watch, guard, see, observe”). Equivalent to intuit + -ion.

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حَدْس (ḥads) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Armenian: ինտուիցիա (intuicʻia) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Armenian: ներըմբռնում (nerəmbṙnum) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Asturian: intuición — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Belarusian: інтуі́цыя (intuícyja) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Bulgarian: предчу́вствие (predčúvstvie) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Bulgarian: интуиция (intuicija) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Catalan: intuïció — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Czech: intuice — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Danish: intuition — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Dutch: intuïtie — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Esperanto: intuicio — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Finnish: intuitio — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Finnish: vaisto — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• French: intuition — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Galician: intuición — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• German: Intuition — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• German: Ahnung — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• German: Anschauung — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• German: Eingebung — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• German: Einfühlungsvermögen — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• German: Gespür — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• German: unmittelbare Erkenntnis — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Greek: διαίσθηση (diaísthisi) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Greek: αισθητήριο (aisthitírio) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Greek: ενόραση (enórasi) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Hindi: सहजबोध (sahajbodh) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Hungarian: intuíció — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Indonesian: gerak hati — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Indonesian: intuisi — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Italian: intuito — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Kazakh: интуиция (intuisiä) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Kazakh: түйсік (tüisık) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Khmer: អព្ភន្តរញាណ (apphoandɑɑ ɲien) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Latvian: intuīcija — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Lithuanian: intuicija — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Macedonian: пре́тчувство (prétčuvstvo) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Macedonian: интуи́ција (intuícija) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Malay: gerak hati — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Malay: intuisi — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Māori: pūmanawa — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Māori: rongo ā-manawa — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Norwegian Bokmål: intuisjon — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Norwegian Nynorsk: intuisjon — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Persian: شهود (šohud) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Polish: intuicja — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Portuguese: intuição — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Romanian: intuiție — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Russian: предчу́вствие (predčúvstvije) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Russian: интуи́ция (intuícija) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Serbo-Croatian: predosećaj — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Serbo-Croatian: domišljaj — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Serbo-Croatian: intuicija — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Spanish: intuición — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Swedish: intuition — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Thai: อัชฌัตติกญาณ — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Turkish: görü — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Turkish: sezgi — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Turkish: entüisyon — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Ukrainian: інтуї́ція (intujícija) — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Vietnamese: trực giác — immediate cognition without the use of rational processes
• Arabic: حَدْس (ḥads) — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Bulgarian: интуиция (intuicija) — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Catalan: intuïció — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Chinese Mandarin: 直覺 /直觉 (zhíjué) — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Chinese Mandarin: 直感 (zhígǎn) — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Danish: intuition — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Dutch: intuïtie — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Finnish: intuitio — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Finnish: vaisto — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Finnish: aavistus — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• French: intuition — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Galician: intuición — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• German: Intuition — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Greek: διαίσθηση (diaísthisi) — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Hindi: सहजबोध (sahajbodh) — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Indonesian: intuisi — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Italian: intuizione — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Japanese: 直覚 (chokkaku) — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Japanese: 直感 (chokkan) — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Korean: 직관 (jikgwan) — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Korean: 직감 (jikgam) — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Māori: pūmanawa — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Norwegian Bokmål: intuisjon — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Norwegian Nynorsk: intuisjon — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Polish: intuicja — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Portuguese: intuição — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Romanian: intuiție — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Russian: интуи́ция (intuícija) — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Spanish: intuición — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Swedish: intuition — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty
• Ukrainian: інтуї́ція (intujícija) — perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty