Intelligibility
/ɪnˌtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 That which is intelligible; the degree to which something is intelligible. uncountable, usually
"Figure 8.1 shows the students' perceptions of the NSE and NNSE varieties in terms of intelligibility. […]"
- 2 the quality of language that is comprehensible wordnet
- 3 The quality of recorded speech of every word being understandable. uncountable, usually
Example
More examples"The dialects spoken by the Amish and the Mennonites have a very limited degree of intelligibility because these communities migrated to America before the German language was standardized."
Etymology
From intelligible + -ity.