intelligentsia
English
Etymology
From Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija) or Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪntɛlɪˈd͡ʒɛntsɪə/
- (Received Pronunciation, dated) IPA(key): /ɪntɛlɪˈɡɛntsɪə/[1]
Noun
intelligentsia (countable and uncountable, plural intelligentsias)
- The intellectual élite of a society (especially in nineteenth-century Poland, in Russia and later the Soviet Union).
Related terms
Translations
intellectual élite
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References
- Oxford English Dictionary (2007)
Danish
Etymology
From Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija), from Italian intellighenzia, from Latin intelligentia.
Noun
intelligentsia c (singular definite intelligentsiaen, plural indefinite intelligentsiaer)
Inflection
Declension of intelligentsia
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | intelligentsia | intelligentsiaen | intelligentsiaer | intelligentsiaerne |
genitive | intelligentsias | intelligentsiaens | intelligentsiaers | intelligentsiaernes |
Finnish
Declension
Inflection of intelligentsia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | intelligentsia | intelligentsiat | |
genitive | intelligentsian | intelligentsioiden intelligentsioitten | |
partitive | intelligentsiaa | intelligentsioita | |
illative | intelligentsiaan | intelligentsioihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | intelligentsia | intelligentsiat | |
accusative | nom. | intelligentsia | intelligentsiat |
gen. | intelligentsian | ||
genitive | intelligentsian | intelligentsioiden intelligentsioitten intelligentsiainrare | |
partitive | intelligentsiaa | intelligentsioita | |
inessive | intelligentsiassa | intelligentsioissa | |
elative | intelligentsiasta | intelligentsioista | |
illative | intelligentsiaan | intelligentsioihin | |
adessive | intelligentsialla | intelligentsioilla | |
ablative | intelligentsialta | intelligentsioilta | |
allative | intelligentsialle | intelligentsioille | |
essive | intelligentsiana | intelligentsioina | |
translative | intelligentsiaksi | intelligentsioiksi | |
instructive | — | intelligentsioin | |
abessive | intelligentsiatta | intelligentsioitta | |
comitative | — | intelligentsioineen |
French
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