intelligibility

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intelligibility

  • /ɪnˌtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
  • /ɪnˌtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ə.ti/
  • [ɪnˌtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ɪ.ɾi] US
  • [ɪnˌtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] US

noun intelligibilities

  1. uncountable, usually That which is intelligible; the degree to which something is intelligible. Figure 8.1 shows the students' perceptions of the NSE and NNSE varieties in terms of intelligibility. […]

    Similar: clearness, explicitness, lucidity, comprehensibility, perspicuity, legibility, plain speaking

  2. uncountable, usually The quality of recorded speech of every word being understandable.

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noun intelligible

Españolinteligibilidad
DeutschVerständlichkeit
Italianointelligibilità
Русскийвразумительность vrazumitelʹnostʹ, понятность ponjatnostʹ, досту́пность dostúpnostʹ

noun understandability of speech

Españolinteligibilidad
Françaisintelligibilité
DeutschVerständlichkeit
Italianointelligibilità
Русскийвнятность vnjatnostʹ, чёткость čótkostʹ, отчётливость otčótlivostʹ

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@misc{intelligibility_2026,
  title = {intelligibility},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/intelligibility},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}