intelectual

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin intellēctuālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /intelɛktuˈal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: in‧te‧lec‧tu‧al

Adjective

intelectual m or f (plural intelectuais)

  1. intellectual

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intellēctuālis.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.te.lek.tuˈaw/ , (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.te.lekˈtwaw/
 

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

Adjective

intelectual m or f (plural intelectuais)

  1. intellectual

Derived terms

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

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

Adjective

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

  1. intellectual

Declension

References

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin intellēctuālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

intelectual m or f (masculine and feminine plural intelectuales)

  1. intellectual

Derived terms

Further reading