Meaning
1 sensesCapable of being understood; clear to the mind.
Italian and Spanish are partially mutually intelligible languages.
einleuchtend, verständlich
вразуми́тельныйvrazumítelʹnyj, поня́тныйponjátnyj, умопостига́емыйumopostigájemyj
capable of being apprehended or understood
Examples
52 sentencesThe meaning of the words is intelligible.
Making itself intelligible is suicide for philosophy.
ruРазъясниться - убийственно для философии.
God is an intelligible sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.
Are the languages mutually intelligible?
If you look at the individual letters of a word long enough, it stops becoming intelligible.
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
capable of being understood:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
capable of being understood:
Origin
From Middle French intelligible, from Old French, from Latin intelligibilis.From Middle French intelligible, from Old French, from Latin intelligibilis.
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Forms
more intelligible, most intelligible| Comparative | more intelligible Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most intelligible Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- capable of being apprehended or understood:apprehensiblegraspableperceivableunderstandable
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form