different between intelligent vs perspicacious

English

Alternative forms

• entelligent (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French intelligent, from Latin intelleg?ns (“discerning”), present active participle of intelleg? (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + leg? (“choose, pick out, read”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?l?d???nt/

Adjective

intelligent (comparative more intelligent or intelligenter, superlative most intelligent or intelligentest)

1. Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
2. Well thought-out, well considered.

3. Characterized by thoughtful interaction.

4. Having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind.

5. Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.

Synonyms

• (of high or quick cognitive capacity): See Thesaurus:intelligent
• (similar level of brain power to mankind): See Thesaurus:self-aware

Antonyms

• stupid

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From French intelligent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enteli??nt/, [ent?eli????n?d?]

Adjective

intelligent

1. intelligent

Inflection

Synonyms

• begavet

Antonyms

• dum
• uintelligent

Derived terms

• intelligent liv
• uintelligent

Related terms

• intelligens

References

• “intelligent” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From French intelligent, from Latin intelleg?ns (“discerning”), present active participle of intelleg? (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + leg? (“choose, pick out, read”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

intelligent (comparative intelligenter, superlative intelligentst)

1. intelligent, bright, smart

Inflection

Related terms

• intellect
• intellectueel m & adjective
• intelligentia
• intelligentie

French

Etymology

From Latin intellig?ns (“discerning”), present active participle of intelleg? (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + leg? (“choose, pick out, read”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

intelligent (feminine singular intelligente, masculine plural intelligents, feminine plural intelligentes)

1. intelligent

Derived terms

• intelligemment
• téléphone intelligent

Related terms

References

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

From Latin intelleg?ns (“discerning”), present active participle of intelleg? (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + leg? (“choose, pick out, read”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt?li???nt/

Adjective

intelligent (comparative intelligenter, superlative am intelligentesten)

1. intelligent
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Declension

Related terms

• hochintelligent
• Intelligenz
• Intellekt
• intellektuell m

Further reading

• “intelligent” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

intelligent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of intellig?

Swedish

Adjective

intelligent

1. intelligent, bright

English

Etymology

First attested 1548, from Late Latin perspic?cit?s (“discernment”), from Latin perspicax (“sharp-sighted”), from perspici? (“look through”), from per- (“through”) + speci? (“look at”). See also perspective.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??.sp??ke?.??s/
• (US) enPR: pûr'sp?·k?'sh?s, IPA^(key): /?p???.sp??ke?.??s/
• Rhymes: -e???s
• Hyphenation: per?spi?ca?cious

Adjective

perspicacious (comparative more perspicacious, superlative most perspicacious)

1. (figuratively) Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
2. (obsolete) Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• clairvoyant
• conspicuous
• perspective