intelligent
French, adjective/ɛ̃.tɛ.li.ʒɑ̃/
intelligent is spelled I-N-T-E-L-L-I-G-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written French, the 3,448th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Intelligent is a French adjective meaning “intelligent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est pourvu de la faculté de comprendre, qui est capable de concevoir et de raisonner”.
What does intelligent mean in English?
adjective
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intelligent
Near-synonym: (informal) malin
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est pourvu de la faculté de comprendre, qui est capable de concevoir et de raisonner. 2. Qui a beaucoup d’intelligence ; qui conçoit facilement. 3. Qui exprime de l’intelligence. 4. Qui a beaucoup d’habileté, d’adresse.
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 intelligent
- intelligente feminine
- intelligents masculine plural
- intelligentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce intelligent?
- /ɛ̃.tɛ.li.ʒɑ̃/
- /ɛ̃.te.li.ʒɑ̃/
- /ɛ̃.tɛl.li.ʒɑ̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to intelligent
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is intelligent in French?
intelligent appears 22 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).