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Italian
Etymology
From Latin intellēctuālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.tel.let.tuˈa.le/[1]
- Rhymes: -ale
- Hyphenation: in‧tel‧let‧tu‧à‧le
Adjective
intellettuale (plural intellettuali)
- intellectual
- cerebral, highbrow
- Synonym: cerebrale
Noun
intellettuale m or f by sense (plural intellettuali)
- intellectual, highbrow
Derived terms
References
- ^ intellettuale in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Further reading
- intellettuale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana