intelectual
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin intellēctuālis.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /intelɛktuˈal/ [in̪.t̪e.lɛk.t̪uˈɑɫ]
Rhymes: -al
Hyphenation: in‧te‧lec‧tu‧al
=== Adjective ===
intelectual m or f (plural intelectuais)
intellectual
=== Further reading ===
“intelectual”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
“intelectual”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin intellēctuālis. By surface analysis, intelecto + -ual.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
Hyphenation: in‧te‧lec‧tu‧al
=== Adjective ===
intelectual m or f (plural intelectuais)
intellectual
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Bengali: আঁতেল (ãtel)
=== Further reading ===
“intelectual” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“intelectual”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
интелектуал (intelectual) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French intellectuel. By surface analysis, intelect + -ual.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˌin.te.lek.tuˈal/
Rhymes: -al
Hyphenation: in‧te‧lec‧tu‧al
=== Noun ===
intelectual m (plural intelectuali, feminine equivalent intelectuală)
intellectual
==== Declension ====
=== Adjective ===
intelectual m or n (feminine singular intelectuală, masculine plural intelectuali, feminine/neuter plural intelectuale)
intellectual
==== Declension ====
==== Related terms ====
intelectualitate
=== References ===
“intelectual”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin intellēctuālis.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /inteleɡˈtwal/ [ĩn̪.t̪e.leɣ̞ˈt̪wal]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: in‧te‧lec‧tual
=== Adjective ===
intelectual m or f (masculine and feminine plural intelectuales)
intellectual
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“intelectual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025