intelectual

Galician

Etymology

From Latin intellēctuālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /intelɛktuˈal/ [in̪.t̪e.lɛk.t̪uˈɑɫ]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: in‧te‧lec‧tu‧al

Adjective

intelectual m or f (plural intelectuais)

1. intellectual

Further reading

• “intelectual”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “intelectual” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intellēctuālis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.lek.tuˈaw/ [ĩ.te.lek.tʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.te.lekˈtwaw/ [ĩ.te.lekˈtwaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨ.lɛˈktwal/ [ĩ.tɨ.lɛˈktwaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨ.lɛˈktwal/ [ĩ.tɨ.lɛˈktwaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨ.lɛˈktwa.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: in‧te‧lec‧tu‧al

Adjective

intelectual m or f (plural intelectuais)

1. intellectual

Derived terms

• intelectualismo
• intelectualmente

Descendants

• → Bengali: আঁতেল (ãtel)

Further reading

• “intelectual” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Alternative forms

• интелектуал (intelectual) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French intellectuel. By surface analysis, intelect +‎ -ual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌin.te.lek.tuˈal/

• Audio (female voice):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: in‧te‧lec‧tu‧al

Noun

intelectual m (plural intelectuali, feminine equivalent intelectuală)

1. intellectual

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	intelectual	intelectualul		intelectuali	intelectualii
genitive-dative	intelectual	intelectualului		intelectuali	intelectualilor
vocative	intelectualule			intelectualilor

Adjective

intelectual m or n (feminine singular intelectuală, masculine plural intelectuali, feminine and neuter plural intelectuale)

1. intellectual

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	intelectual		intelectuală		intelectuali	intelectuale
	definite	intelectualul		intelectuala		intelectualii	intelectualele
genitive- dative	indefinite	intelectual		intelectuale		intelectuali	intelectuale
	definite	intelectualului		intelectualei		intelectualilor	intelectualelor

Related terms

• intelectualitate

References

• intelectual in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin intellēctuālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteleɡˈtwal/ [ĩn̪.t̪e.leɣ̞ˈt̪wal]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧te‧lec‧tual

Adjective

intelectual m or f (masculine and feminine plural intelectuales)

1. intellectual

Derived terms

• autor intelectual
• cociente intelectual
• coeficiente intelectual
• intelectualismo
• intelectualmente
• propiedad intelectual

 

Related terms

• intelectualidad

 

Further reading

• “intelectual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10