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intello

intellectual, nerdy, bookish

ɛ̃ . t ɛ . l o
intell intellectual + o colloquial, familiar-forming suffix
adjective Rare #51,345
intellectual, nerdy, bookish Informal; can sound teasing.
FR: Il a l'air intello.
EN: He looks like a nerd.

Oui, t'as l'air intello.

Yeah, you look like a nerd.

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

Je parlais intello ?

Was I being pretentious?

— Irreversible (2002)

Tu fais que parler intello.

All you do is talk like an intellectual.

— Irreversible (2002)

Vous avec l'air d'étudier à la fac, le genre intello.

You look like you go to college, the intellectual type.

— Us and Them (2018)