intellect

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
  2. (uncountable) The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
  3. (countable, uncountable) A person who has that faculty to a great degree.

Fréquence

C2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈɪntəlɛkt/
Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus (“understanding, intellect”), from Latin intellegō (“understand; reason”), from inter (“between, among”) + legō (“read”), with connotation of bind.

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