"mutually intelligible" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mutually intelligible (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics) Of two or more speech varieties, able to be understood by one another's speakers. Wikipedia link: mutual intelligibility Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: interintelligible, intercomprehensible Related terms: mutual intelligibility Translations (of a speech variety, able to be understood by speakers of another variety): 互通 (hùtōng) (Chinese Mandarin), vzájemně srozumitelný (Czech), keskinäisesti ymmärrettävä (Finnish), intercompréhensible (French), gegenseitig verständlich (German), kölcsönösen érthető (Hungarian), wzajemnie zrozumiały (Polish), взаимопоня́тный (vzaimoponjátnyj) (Russian), mutuamente inteligible (Spanish)
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