different between audible vs intelligible

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French audible, from Late Latin audibilis, from Latin audire (“to hear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d?bl?/

Adjective

audible (comparative more audible, superlative most audible)

1. Able to be heard.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:

     "Now, look here, Jim Hawkins," he said, in a steady whisper, that was no more than audible […]

Synonyms

• sounded
• vocal

Antonyms

• inaudible
• quiet
• silent

Derived terms

• audibly
• audibility

Related terms

• audio
• auditory

Translations

Verb

audible (third-person singular simple present audibles, present participle audibling, simple past and past participle audibled)

1. (intransitive, American football) To change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.

   The quarterback audibled after seeing the defensive formation.

Noun

audible (plural audibles)

1. (American football) The act of or an instance of changing the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one.

   The audible changed the play to a run.

Derived terms

• call an audible

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin audibilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?w?di.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aw?di.ble/

Adjective

audible (masculine and feminine plural audibles)

1. audible

   Synonym: oïble

   Antonyms: inaudible, inoïble

Derived terms

• inaudible

Further reading

• “audible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “audible” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “audible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “audible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin audibilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

audible (plural audibles)

1. audible

Antonyms

• inaudible

Derived terms

• audiblement
• inaudible

Further reading

• “audible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin audibilis. Doublet of oíble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /au?dible/, [au??ð?i.??le]

Adjective

audible (plural audibles)

1. audible

   Synonym: oíble

   Antonym: inaudible

Derived terms

Further reading

• “audible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?t?l?d??bl?/
• Rhymes: -?l?d??bl?

Adjective

intelligible (comparative more intelligible, superlative most intelligible)

1. Capable of being understood; clear to the mind.

Synonyms

• understandable; See also Thesaurus:comprehensible

Antonyms

• unintelligible; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• legible

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intelligibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.te.li.?ibl/, /??.t?.li.?ibl/
• Rhymes: -ibl
• Homophone: intelligibles
• Hyphenation: in?tel?li?gible

Adjective

intelligible (plural intelligibles)

1. intelligible

Antonyms

• inintelligible

Related terms

• intelligibilité

Further reading

• “intelligible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intelligibilis.

Adjective

intelligible m or f (plural intelligibles)

1. intelligible