engine

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, Old French engin (“skill, cleverness, war machine”), from Latin ingenium (“innate or natural quality, nature, genius, a genius, an invention, (in Late Latin) a war-engine, battering-ram”), related to ingignō (“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Compare gin, ingenious, engineer. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn/ (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /ˈɪnd͡ʒɪn/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈɛnd͡ʒən/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈend͡ʒɪn/, /ˈend͡ʒən/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈend͡ʒɘn/ (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈɪndʒᵻn/, /ɪnˈdʒiːn/ Hyphenation: en‧gine Rhymes: -ɛnd͡ʒɪn, (pin–pen merger) -ɪnd͡ʒɪn === Noun === engine (plural engines) A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc. [from 14th c.] (now archaic) A tool; a utensil or implement. [from 14th c.] A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. [from 16th c.] A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force. [from 16th c.] The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion. [from 19th c.] A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track. [from 19th c.] (usually) A locomotive. (computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word). [from 20th c.] (obsolete) Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile. [13th–17th c.] (obsolete) The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme. [13th–18th c.] (obsolete) Natural talent; genius. [14th–17th c.] Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent. ==== Synonyms ==== motor locomotive ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → 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: enjin Indonesian: enjin → Portuguese: engine → Punjabi: ਇੰਞਣ (iññaṇ) → Scottish Gaelic: einnsean → Swahili: injini → Shanghainese: 引擎 (in¹-jin⁶) → Chinese: 引擎 (yǐnqíng) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === engine (third-person singular simple present engines, present participle engining, simple past and past participle engined) (transitive, dated) To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels. (transitive, obsolete) To assault with an engine. (transitive, obsolete) To contrive; to put into action. === Further reading === “engine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “engine”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === ginnee == Chinese == === Alternative forms === N展 (en1 zin2), N剪 engin === Etymology 1 === From clipping of English engineering. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== engine (Hong Kong Cantonese) engineering industry; engineer (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) engineering 我都話我讀Engine無乜識到女仔咯 [Cantonese, trad.]我都话我读Engine无乜识到女仔咯 [Cantonese, simp.]ngo5 dou1 waa6 ngo5 duk6 en1 zin2mou5 mat1 sik1 dou2 neoi5 zai2 lok3 [Jyutping]I said I'm studying engineering, don't really get to know girls much === Etymology 2 === From English engine. ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== engine (Hong Kong Cantonese) engine (mechanical device; part of a vehicle; computing) ===== Synonyms ===== (engine): == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English engine. === Pronunciation === === Noun === engine f (plural engines) (computing) engine (software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task) Synonym: motor