"intellectuel" meaning in French

See intellectuel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɛ̃.tɛ.lɛk.tɥɛl/, /ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥɛl/ Audio: Fr-intellectuel.ogg Forms: intellectuelle [feminine], intellectuels [masculine, plural], intellectuelles [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin intellēctuālis. Morphologically, from intellect + -uel. Cognate to English intellectual. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|LL.|intellēctuālis}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin intellēctuālis, {{af|fr|intellect|-uel}} intellect + -uel, {{cog|en|intellectual}} English intellectual Head templates: {{fr-adj}} intellectuel (feminine intellectuelle, masculine plural intellectuels, feminine plural intellectuelles)
  1. intellectual Categories (topical): Thinking Derived forms: intellectuellement
    Sense id: en-intellectuel-fr-adj-Dsn4gtEQ Disambiguation of Thinking: 60 40 Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Noun

IPA: /ɛ̃.tɛ.lɛk.tɥɛl/, /ɛ̃.te.lɛk.tɥɛl/ Audio: Fr-intellectuel.ogg Forms: intellectuels [plural], intellectuelle [feminine]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin intellēctuālis. Morphologically, from intellect + -uel. Cognate to English intellectual. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|LL.|intellēctuālis}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin intellēctuālis, {{af|fr|intellect|-uel}} intellect + -uel, {{cog|en|intellectual}} English intellectual Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} intellectuel m (plural intellectuels, feminine intellectuelle)
  1. an intellectual (intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-intellectuel-fr-noun-UtF5S~Lj Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -uel, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -uel: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80

Inflected forms

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          },
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      "text": "→ German: intellektuell"
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: intellektuell",
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      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: intellektuell"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: intellektuell",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: intellektuell"
    },
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: intelectual",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: intelectual"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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      "text": "→ Turkish: entelektüel"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "אינטעלעקטועל",
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        }
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        "feminine"
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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          "orig": "fr:Thinking",
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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    },
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    },
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        "feminine"
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          "_dis": "20 80",
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      ],
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      ]
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    },
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    "French learned borrowings from Late Latin",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from Late Latin",
    "French terms derived from Late Latin",
    "French terms suffixed with -uel",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Pages with entries",
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Dutch: intellectueel\nAfrikaans: intellektueel",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: intellectueel\nAfrikaans: intellektueel"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "intellektuell",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: intellektuell",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: intellektuell"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "intellektuell",
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: intellektuell",
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      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: intellektuell"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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        }
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      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: intellektuell"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "bor": "1"
          },
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      "text": "→ Romanian: intelectual"
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            "2": "intellektuell",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Swedish: intellektuell",
          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "entelektüel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: entelektüel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: entelektüel"
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      "depth": 1,
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        "feminine"
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    },
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