"intelligence" in seven languages
Meaningintelligence
Spanish
inteligencia
/inteliˈxenθja/
fem.learned
French
intelligence
/ɛ̃teliʒɑ̃s/
fem.learned
Italian
intelligenza
/intelliˈdʒɛntsa/
fem.learned
Portuguese
inteligência
/ĩteliˈʒẽsjɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
inteligență
/inteliˈdʒentsə/
fem.learned
Catalan
intel·ligència
/intəliˈʒɛnsiə/
fem.learned
English
intelligence
/ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns/
from Latin/French · Old French intelligence, from Latin INTELLIGENTIA
English → ItalianintelligenceintelligenzaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
INTELLIGENTIAM‘understanding (INTER + LEGERE 'to choose between')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
To understand was 'to pick out between' things. A learned word, identical in shape everywhere; only Spanish simplifies the double l.
English relatives: intelligent, intellect, intelligible
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In a sentence
- esLa inteligencia artificial lo está cambiando todo.
- frL'intelligence artificielle change tout.
- itL'intelligenza artificiale sta cambiando tutto.
- ptA inteligência artificial está mudando tudo.
- roInteligența artificială schimbă totul.
- caLa intel·ligència artificial ho està canviant tot.
- enArtificial intelligence is changing everything.
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