different between intellect vs dipstick

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin intell?ctus (“understanding, intellect”), perfect passive participle of Latin intelleg? (“understand; reason”), from inter (“between, among”) + leg? (“read”), with connotation of bind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt?l?kt/

Noun

intellect (countable and uncountable, plural intellects)

1. (uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:intelligence

2. (uncountable) The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
3. A person who has that faculty to a great degree.

   Synonym: intellectual

Related terms

• intellectual
• intellectualism
• intellectualize
• intelligence
• intelligent
• intelligentsia
• intelligible

Translations

See also

• mind

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin intell?ctus (“understanding, intellect”), perfect passive participle of Latin intelleg? (“understand; reason”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t?.l?kt/, /??.te.l?kt/

Noun

intellect m (plural intellects)

1. (psychology, philosophy) intellect

See also

• affect

Further reading

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

English

Alternative forms

• dip-stick

Etymology

dip +? stick

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?pst?k/

Noun

dipstick (plural dipsticks)

1. A stick or rod used to measure the depth of a liquid. Often used to check the level at which a liquid in an opaque or inaccessible tank or reservoir stands; gauge.

   I haven't checked the oil level of my car's motor since I lost the dipstick three months ago.

2. (slang) A penis.
3. (slang) A useless person of inferior intellect; a dipshit.

   That referee is a right dipstick.

Translations

Verb

dipstick (third-person singular simple present dipsticks, present participle dipsticking, simple past and past participle dipsticked)

1. To check (a person) for their understanding of something, as of a lesson, or attitude toward something.
2. (mechanical engineering) To measure the level of a fluid using a dipstick.

See also

• dipstick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia