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intellectuel

/ɛ̃.tɛ.lɛk.tɥɛl/

adjective/ɛ̃.tɛ.lɛk.tɥɛl/

intellectual

masturbation intellectuelle

Related: intellectuellement

Learned borrowing from Late Latin intellēctuālis. Morphologically, from intellect + -uel. Cognate to English intellectual.

noun, masculine/ɛ̃.tɛ.lɛk.tɥɛl/plural: intellectuels

an intellectual (intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin intellēctuālis. Morphologically, from intellect + -uel. Cognate to English intellectual.