intelligibility

From intelligible +‎ -ity.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˌtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, /ɪnˌtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ə.ti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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  • (US) IPA^(key): [ɪnˌtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ɪ.ɾi], [ɪnˌtɛl.ə.d͡ʒəˈbɪl.ə.ɾi]

intelligibility (usually uncountable, plural intelligibilities)

1. That which is intelligible; the degree to which something is intelligible.
   • 2016, Noor Azam Haji-Othman, James McLellan, David Deterding, The Use and Status of Language in Brunei Darussalam: A Kingdom of Unexpected Linguistic Diversity, Springer, →ISBN, page 104:

     Figure 8.1 shows the students' perceptions of the NSE and NNSE varieties in terms of intelligibility. […]

2. The quality of recorded speech of every word being understandable.

• (degree of being intelligible): clearness, explicitness, lucidity, comprehensibility, perspicuity, legibility, plain speaking.