Intelligence

Part of Speech

noun

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Translations

🇩🇪 Intelligenz , 🇪🇸 inteligencia: ingenio , 🇮🇹 intelligente , 🇵🇹 capacidade de usar a mente com astúcia , 🇨🇳 智能 , 🇯🇵 知恵があり、機転が利くこと , 🇰🇷 지능 , 🇸🇦 الذكاء: القدرة على التفكير بسرعة وحكمة , 🇮🇳 बुद्धि

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Etymology

French *intelligence* comes from the Latin *intelligentia*, the abstract noun of *intelligere* “to understand, perceive”. *Intelligere* combines *inter* “between” with *legere* “to read, to choose”, literally “to read between the lines”. The word entered French in the 13th century as *intelligence* and has retained its sense of “understanding or mental acuity” ever since.

Synonyms

intelligence sagacité ruse acuité rationalité savoir perspicacité

Antonyms

bêtise idiotie ignorance stupidité