engin

engin

See also: Engin, engin., and engîn

English

Noun

engin (plural engins)

1. Obsolete form of engine.

Anagrams

• -genin, Ingen, genin

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French

Etymology

From Old French engin, from Latin ingenium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʒɛ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

engin m (plural engins)

1. any device, contraption or machinery, particularly a complex, dangerous or powerful one
2. a piece of military equipment
3. a piece of heavy machinery
4. (informal) any object whose name or function is unknown; a thingy; a gizmo
5. (informal) penis
6. (chiefly law) a piece of hunting equipment
   • 1997, Le Courrier de la nature, number 161-174, page 149:

     A noter que la caouanne, Caretta caretta, semble effectivement ne plus pondre en Corse, l'espèce n'a pas complètement disparu des côtes de France où, chaque année, quelques individus sont capturés involuntairement par des engins de pêche.

     It should be noted that the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, no longer seems to lay eggs in Corsica, but the species has not completely disappeared from French coastlines where, each year, several individuals are caught unintentionally in fishing apparatus.

7. (sports) an apparatus used in artistic gymnastics
8. (dated) any tool or apparatus

Derived terms

• engeigner

Related terms

• ingénieur
• ingénieux

Further reading

• “engin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Icelandic

Pronoun

engin

1. (indefinite) inflection of enginn:
   1. feminine nominative singular
   2. neuter nominative plural
   3. neuter accusative plural

Noun

engin

1. inflection of engi:
   1. definite nominative plural
   2. definite accusative plural

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Old French

Alternative forms

• amgin
• enghien
• engien, engïen (common)
• enging

Etymology

From Latin ingenium.

Noun

engin m (oblique plural engins, nominative singular engins, nominative plural engin)

1. intelligence
2. ruse; trickery; deception
3. invention; ingenuity; creativity
4. machine; device; contraption

Related terms

• engigneor

Descendants

• → English: engine
• Middle French: engin
  • French: engin
• Norman: engîn
• → Scots: ingine

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (engin)
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (engin, supplement)
• engin on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish انگین‎ (engin), from the verb اینمك‎ (enmek, “to fall down”), whence also Turkish inmek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɲˈɟin/
• Hyphenation: en‧gin

Adjective

engin

1. vast

   Synonym: vâsi

Noun

engin (definite accusative engini, plural enginler)

1. (nautical) high seas

   Synonyms: açık deniz, alarga

Further reading

• engin in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “engin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “engin”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı