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)

intellectual

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)

Further reading

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

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