inteligen
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch intelligent, from French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”). Doublet of intelijen.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /inˌtəliˈɡɛn/ [in̪ˌt̪ə.liˈɡen]
- Rhymes: -ɛn
- Hyphenation: in‧tê‧li‧gèn
Adjective
intêligèn (comparative lebih inteligen, superlative paling inteligen)
- (formal) intelligent, bright, smart
Related terms
Further reading
- “inteligen”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Spanish
Verb
inteligen
- third-person plural present indicative of inteligir