Meanings
plural intelligibilities
- uncountableusuallyThat which is intelligible; the degree to which something is intelligible.
Figure 8.1 shows the students' perceptions of the NSE and NNSE varieties in terms of intelligibility. […]
2016, Noor Azam Haji-Othman, James McLellan, David Deterding, The Use and Status of Language in Brunei Darussalam: A Kingdom of Unexpected Linguistic Diversity, Springer, →ISBN, page 104Synonyms: clearness, explicitness, lucidity, comprehensibility, perspicuity, legibility, plain speaking
- uncountableusuallyThe quality of recorded speech of every word being understandable.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThat which is intelligible; the degree to which something is intelligible.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of language that is comprehensible
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan intel·ligibilitat
- intel·ligibilitatintelligible
Czech srozumitelnost
- srozumitelnostintelligible
Finnish ymmärrettävyys, ymmärrettävyys
- ymmärrettävyysintelligible
- ymmärrettävyysunderstandability of speech
French intelligibilité
- intelligibilitéunderstandability of speech
German Verständlichkeit, Verständlichkeit
- Verständlichkeitintelligible
- Verständlichkeitunderstandability of speech
Hungarian érthetőség
- érthetőségintelligible
Italian intelligibilità, intelligibilità
- intelligibilitàintelligible
- intelligibilitàunderstandability of speech
Latin intellegibilitas
- intellegibilitasunderstandability of speech
Polish zrozumiałość
- zrozumiałośćintelligible
Russian вразумительность, понятность
- вразумительность (vrazumitelʹnostʹ)intelligible
- понятность (ponjatnostʹ)intelligible
- досту́пность (dostúpnostʹ)intelligible
- внятность (vnjatnostʹ)understandability of speech
- чёткость (čótkostʹ)understandability of speech
- отчётливость (otčótlivostʹ)understandability of speech
Spanish inteligibilidad, inteligibilidad
- inteligibilidadintelligible
- inteligibilidadunderstandability of speech
Turkish anlaşılabilirlik, anlaşılırlık
- anlaşılabilirlikintelligible
- anlaşılırlıkintelligible
- anlaşılabilirlikunderstandability of speech
- anlaşılırlıkunderstandability of speech
Ukrainian зрозумі́лість
- зрозумі́лість (zrozumílistʹ)intelligible
Cite this entry
intelligibility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intelligibility
“intelligibility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intelligibility. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intelligibility,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intelligibility.
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