intelligence quotient

intelligence quotient

English

Alternative forms

• IQ (initialism)

Etymology

A calque of German Intelligenzquotient. Coined in 1912 by German psychologist William Stern.

Noun

intelligence quotient (plural intelligence quotients)

1. A score derived from one of several different standardized tests attempting to measure a person's intelligence relative to that of the general population, with the average usually calibrated to a number around 100.

Translations

IQ score

Bulgarian: коефициент на интелигентност m (koeficient na inteligentnost) Catalan: quocient intel·lectual (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 智商 (zh) (zhìshāng) Danish: intelligenskvotient c Dutch: intelligentiequotiënt (nl) n Esperanto: intelekta kvociento Finnish: älykkyysosamäärä (fi) French: quotient intellectuel (fr) m German: Intelligenzquotient (de) m Greek: δείκτης νοημοσύνης (el) m (deíktis noïmosýnis) Italian: quoziente intellettivo m, quoziente d'intelligenza (it) m Japanese: 知能指数 (ちのうしすう, chinō shisū), ＩＱ, アイ・キュー (ai-kyū) Korean: 지능 지수(知能指數) (jineung jisu) Macedonian: коефицие́нт на интелиге́нција m (koeficiént na inteligéncija) Polish: iloraz inteligencji m Portuguese: quociente de inteligência (pt) m Russian: коэффицие́нт интелле́кта m (koefficijént intellékta), IQ m, ай-кью́ (ru) m (aj-kʹjú) Spanish: cociente de inteligencia Swedish: intelligenskvot (sv) c Vietnamese: chỉ số thông minh, IQ