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intelligible

  • /ɪnˈtɛləd͡ʒəbəl/ US

Rhymes with -ɛlədʒəbəl

Where it comes from

From Middle French intelligible, from Old French, from Latin intelligibilis.

adjective more intelligible · most intelligible

  1. Capable of being understood; clear to the mind. Italian and Spanish are partially mutually intelligible languages.

    Similar: understandable

Opposite: unintelligible

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adjective

Opposite: unintelligible

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adj capable of being understood

Españolinteligible
한국어이해할 수 있는 ihaehal su inneun
中文可理解的 kělǐjiě de
Portuguêsinteligível
Françaisintelligible
Deutscheinleuchtend, verständlich
Italianointelligibile
Ελληνικάνοητός noïtós, καταληπτός kataliptós
Românăinteligibil
Русскийвразуми́тельный vrazumítelʹnyj, поня́тный ponjátnyj, умопостига́емый umopostigájemyj
العربيةبائِن bāʔin, بَيّن, مُبِين mubīn, مُتّضِح, مُتَجَلٍ mutajalin, وَضّاح waḍḍāḥ

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@misc{intelligible_2026,
  title = {intelligible},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/intelligible},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}