How do you pronounce intrinsic?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈtɹɪn.zɪk/.

intrinsic

/ɪnˈtɹɪn.zɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: in-trin-sic
IPA: /ɪnˈtɹɪn.zɪk/

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Meaning

adj

Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.

adj

Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.

adj

Built-in.

noun

A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.

noun

An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment.

Example Sentences

"the intrinsic value of gold or silver"
"the intrinsic merit of an action"
"He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement."
"The same way that the wildfire smoke from Canada recently made the sky in Boston look bright red, astronomical objects can also appear redder than their intrinsic color when you see them through a veil of dust."
"In addition to the Fortran operators that are intrinsic (built in), there may be user-defined operators in expressions."
"SIMD intrinics"

Etymology

From Middle French intrinsèque, from Latin intrīnsecus (“on the inside, inwardly”), from *intrim, an assumed adverbial form of inter (“within”) + secus (“by, on the side”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *sekʷ-, intrīnsecus

Inflected Forms

more intrinsic (comparative) most intrinsic (superlative) intrinsick (alternative, obsolete) intrinsics (plural)

Derived Forms

intrinsicality intrinsically intrinsicness intrinsicoid intrinsify nonintrinsic subintrinsic unintrinsic

Phrases

for all intrinsic purposes intrinsic brightness intrinsic motivation intrinsic protein intrinsic reward intrinsic semiconductor intrinsic tracer intrinsic value

Frequently Paired Words

birthright by nature installed instilled integrated internal internalized interwoven

Synonyms

essential inherent innate proper to connate connatural congenital congenite genetous inborn inbred indigenous

Antonyms

extrinsic alien external foreign

Rhymes With

extrinsic