intellectuel

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin intellēctuālis. Morphologically, from intellect +‎ -uel. Cognate to English intellectual.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛ.lɛk.tɥɛl/ ~ /ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥɛl/
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Adjective

intellectuel (feminine intellectuelle, masculine plural intellectuels, feminine plural intellectuelles)

  1. intellectual
    masturbation intellectuelle(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    quotient intellectuel(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Danish: intellektuel
  • Dutch: intellectueel
    • Afrikaans: intellektueel
  • German: intellektuell
  • Norwegian Bokmål: intellektuell
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: intellektuell
  • Romanian: intelectual
  • Swedish: intellektuell
  • Turkish: entelektüel
  • Yiddish: אינטעלעקטועל (intelektuel)

Noun

intellectuel m (plural intellectuels, feminine intellectuelle)

  1. an intellectual (intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters)

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