ingenue

== English == === Alternative forms === ingénue === Etymology === Borrowed from French ingénue, the feminine form of ingénu (“guileless”), originally from the Latin ingenuus (“ingenuous”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑnʒənu/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌænʒeɪˈnjuː/ === Noun === ingenue (plural ingenues) An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman. (theater, film) A dramatic role of such a woman; an actress playing such a role. Hypernym: stock character Coordinate terms: girl next door, femme fatale, damsel in distress (rare) Misspelling of ingenu. ==== Usage notes ==== The corresponding masculine term, ingenu, is poorly known, and so the feminine term is sometimes used in a gender-neutral or masculine way. (See the 2002 citation, where the explicit masculine French is feminized in English.) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ingenu, ingenuous ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === ingénue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === U engine, unigene, genuine, eugenin, Guienne == Italian == === Adjective === ingenue f pl feminine plural of ingenuo === Noun === ingenue f plural of ingenua === Anagrams === genuine, unigene == Latin == === Adjective === ingenue vocative masculine singular of ingenuus === References === “ingenue”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ingenue”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ingenue”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.