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intelligencia

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin intelligentia.[1] With -encia ending.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈintɛliɡɛnt͡sijɒ]
  • Rhymes: -jɒ
  • Hyphenation: in‧tel‧li‧gen‧cia
  • Syllabification: in‧tel‧li‧gen‧ci‧a

Noun

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intelligencia (countable and uncountable, plural intelligenciák)

  1. intelligence, intellect, brainpower, acumen (capacity of mind)
    Synonyms: értelem, értelmesség, ész, felfogóképesség
  2. erudition, cultivation, culture
    Synonym: műveltség
  3. intelligentsia (the intellectual élite of a society, the intellectuals, the professional classes)
    Synonym: értelmiség

Declension

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Possessive forms of intelligencia
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. intelligenciám intelligenciáim
2nd person sing. intelligenciád intelligenciáid
3rd person sing. intelligenciája intelligenciái
1st person plural intelligenciánk intelligenciáink
2nd person plural intelligenciátok intelligenciáitok
3rd person plural intelligenciájuk intelligenciáik

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Noun

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intelligencia f (plural intelligencias)

  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of inteligência