intellect
French, noun/ɛ̃.tɛ.lɛkt/
intellect is spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-E-C-T (9 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 23,140th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intellect is a French masculine noun meaning “intellect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faculté de l’Esprit qu’on nomme aussi entendement et qui est l’intelligence métaphysique, la faculté de…”.
What does intellect mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineintellect
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Faculté de l’Esprit qu’on nomme aussi entendement et qui est l’intelligence métaphysique, la faculté de connaître supérieure à la raison, au mental.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of intellect
- intellects plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intellect?
- /ɛ̃.tɛ.lɛkt/
- /ɛ̃.te.lɛkt/
- \ɛ̃.te.lɛkt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intellect
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intellect in French?
intellect appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).