Meaning

5 senses
  1. Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.

    intellectual powers, activities, etc.

    intellektuell, verstandesmäßig

    интеллектуа́льныйintellektuálʹnyj, у́мственныйúmstvennyj

  2. Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness

    an intellectual person

  3. Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect

    intellectual employments

    appealing to or using the intellect

  4. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.

    intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy

  5. (archaic, poetic)Spiritual.

Examples

110 sentences
  1. Tom is an intellectual.

    Том — інтелектуал. — deniko

    ruТом - интеллектуал. — marafon

  2. Do you consider yourself an intellectual?

    deBetrachtest du dich als Intellektuellen? — Waldelfe

  3. Wearing glasses makes you look more intellectual.

    deEine Brille lässt dich viel klüger aussehen. — Esperantostern

  4. Are you an intellectual?

    deBist du ein Intellektueller? — Waldelfe

  5. Tom is intellectual.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive:

Origin

From Old French intellectuel, from Latin intellectualis.

From Old French intellectuel, from Latin intellectualis.

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