intelligible

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈtɛləd͡ʒəbəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #73050

Meanings

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adj
well articulated or enunciated, and loud enough to be heard distinctly

Intelligible pronunciation.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

lucid perspicuous apprehensible comprehensible

Opposites

unintelligible incomprehensible inapprehensible unreadable

Word family

Forms intelligiblenessintelligibly

Related forms intellect

Etymology

From Middle French intelligible, from Old French, from Latin intelligibilis.

*leǵ- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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