ingenu

== English == === Alternative forms === ingénu === Etymology === Borrowed from French ingénu (“guileless”), especially as used by Voltaire in L'Ingénu, from Latin ingenuus (“ingenuous”). Doublet of ingenuous. === Noun === ingenu (plural ingenus) (rare) An innocent, unsophisticated, naive, wholesome boy or young man. Antonym: homme fatal Coordinate term: ingenue ==== Usage notes ==== The term ingenu is poorly known, and so the feminine term ingenue is sometimes used in a gender-neutral or masculine way. (See the 2002 citation, where the explicit masculine French is feminized in English.) === Anagrams === gunnie, inguen == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ingenuus. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === ingenu (feminine ingènua, masculine plural ingenus, feminine plural ingènues) naive ==== Derived terms ==== ingènuament ==== Related terms ==== ingenuïtat === Further reading === “ingenu”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “ingenu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “ingenu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “ingenu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.