"intelligible" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈtɛləd͡ʒəbl̩/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intelligible.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-intelligible.wav [US] Forms: more intelligible [comparative], most intelligible [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛlədʒəbl̩ Etymology: From Middle French intelligible, from Old French, from Latin intelligibilis. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}, {{uder|en|frm|intelligible}} Middle French intelligible, {{uder|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{uder|en|la|intelligibilis}} Latin intelligibilis Head templates: {{en-adj}} intelligible (comparative more intelligible, superlative most intelligible)
  1. Capable of being understood; clear to the mind. Synonyms: understandable Derived forms: intelligibility, intelligibleness, interintelligible, mutually intelligible, unintelligible Related terms: legible Translations (capable of being understood): بائِن (bāʔin) (Arabic), بَيّن (Arabic), مُبِين (mubīn) (Arabic), مُتّضِح (Arabic), مُتَجَلٍ (mutajalin) (Arabic), وَضّاح (waḍḍāḥ) (Arabic), разбираем (razbiraem) (Bulgarian), понятен (ponjaten) (Bulgarian), intel·ligible (Catalan), 可理解的 (kělǐjiě de) (Chinese Mandarin), srozumitelný (Czech), verstaanbaar (Dutch), begrijpelijk (Dutch), arusaadav (Estonian), ymmärrettävä (Finnish), intelligible (French), intelixíbel (Galician), einleuchtend (German), verständlich (German), νοητός (noïtós) (Greek), καταληπτός (kataliptós) (Greek), sothuigthe (Irish), intuigthe (Irish), intelligibile (Italian), поимлив (poimliv) (Macedonian), fhumi (Maltese), so-hoiggal (Manx), forståelig (Norwegian), مفهوم (mafhum) (Persian), zrozumiały (Polish), inteligível (Portuguese), inteligibil (Romanian), вразуми́тельный (vrazumítelʹnyj) (Russian), поня́тный (ponjátnyj) (Russian), умопостига́емый (umopostigájemyj) (Russian), inteligible (Spanish), begriplig (Swedish), açık (Turkish), anlaşılır (Turkish), idrâk edilebilir (Turkish), anlaşılabilir (Turkish)

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          "lang": "Persian",
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          "sense": "capable of being understood",
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      "sense": "capable of being understood",
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      "sense": "capable of being understood",
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      "sense": "capable of being understood",
      "word": "intelixíbel"
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      "sense": "capable of being understood",
      "word": "einleuchtend"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "noïtós",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
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      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "capable of being understood",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
      "word": "sothuigthe"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
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      "sense": "capable of being understood",
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      "sense": "capable of being understood",
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      "sense": "capable of being understood",
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      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mafhum",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
      "word": "zrozumiały"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
      "word": "inteligível"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
      "word": "inteligibil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vrazumítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
      "word": "вразуми́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ponjátnyj",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
      "word": "поня́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umopostigájemyj",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
      "word": "умопостига́емый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
      "word": "inteligible"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
      "word": "begriplig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
      "word": "açık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
      "word": "anlaşılır"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
      "word": "idrâk edilebilir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "capable of being understood",
      "word": "anlaşılabilir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "intelligible"
}

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