engin

== English == === Noun === engin (plural engins) Obsolete form of engine. === Anagrams === -genin, Ingen, genin == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French engin m, from Old French engin m, from Latin ingenium n. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʒɛ̃/ === Noun === engin m (plural engins) any device, contraption or machinery, particularly a complex, dangerous or powerful one a piece of military equipment a piece of heavy machinery (informal) any object whose name or function is unknown; a thingy; a gizmo (informal) tool (penis) (chiefly law) a piece of hunting equipment (sports) an apparatus used in artistic gymnastics (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 == Icelandic == === Pronoun === engin inflection of enginn (“no one; none; no ...”): nominative feminine singular nominative/accusative neuter plural === Noun === engin definite nominative/accusative plural of engi (“meadow”) == Old French == === Alternative forms === amgin enghien engien, engïen (common) enging engine (Insular French) === Etymology === From Latin ingenium n. === Noun === engin oblique singular, m (oblique plural engins, nominative singular engins, nominative plural engin) intelligence ruse; trickery; deception invention; ingenuity; creativity machine; device; contraption ==== Related terms ==== engigneor ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: engin m French: engin m Norman: engîn m → Middle English: engyn (via Insular French)English: engineTok Pisin: ensin→ Afrikaans: enjin→ Bengali: ইঞ্জিন (injin)→ Hindi: इंजन (iñjan)→ Hong Kong Cantonese: engine→ Iban: injin→ Japanese: エンジン→ Hakka: 引擎 (ên-chín)→ Min Nan: 引擎 (ia̋n-jín)→ Korean: 엔진 (enjin)→ Malay: enjinIndonesian: enjin→ Portuguese: engine→ Punjabi: ਇੰਞਣ (iññaṇ)→ Scottish Gaelic: einnsean→ Swahili: injini→ Shanghainese: 引擎 (in¹-jin⁶)→ Chinese: 引擎 (yǐnqíng) → Scots: ingine === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “engin”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “engin”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. engin on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub == Turkish == === Etymology === Inherited 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 vast Synonym: vâsi ==== Declension ==== === Noun === engin (definite accusative engini, plural enginler) (nautical) high seas Synonyms: açık deniz, alarga ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “engin”, in Turkish dictionaries, 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