intelligible

From Middle French intelligible, from Old French, from Latin intelligibilis.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛləd͡ʒəbəl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlədʒəbəl

intelligible (comparative more intelligible, superlative most intelligible)

1. Capable of being understood; clear to the mind.

   Italian and Spanish are partially mutually intelligible languages.

   • 2018 February 17, Devan Cole, “LeBron James: ‘I am more than an athlete’”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     That comment seemed to anger Ingraham, who called James’ view a “barely intelligible, not to mention ungrammatical take on President Trump.”

• understandable; See also Thesaurus:comprehensible

• unintelligible; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

• legible

Borrowed from Latin intelligibilis.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛ.li.ʒibl/ ~ /ɛ̃.te.li.ʒibl/

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• Rhymes: -ibl
• Homophone: intelligibles
• Hyphenation: in‧tel‧li‧gible

intelligible (plural intelligibles)

1. intelligible

   Antonym: inintelligible

• intelligibilité

• “intelligible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Latin intelligibilis.

intelligible m or f (plural intelligibles)

1. intelligible