ingle

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪŋɡəl/ Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl === Etymology 1 === From Middle Scots ingle, ingill, from Scottish Gaelic aingeal (“fire, light”), from Old Irish aingel, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”). Cognate with Irish aingeal. ==== Noun ==== ingle (plural ingles) (obsolete or Scotland, Northern England) An open fireplace. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Unknown. ==== Alternative forms ==== engle ==== Noun ==== ingle (plural ingles) A catamite; a male lover ==== Verb ==== ingle (third-person singular simple present ingles, present participle ingling, simple past and past participle ingled) (obsolete) To cajole or coax; to wheedle. Synonyms: butter up, inveigle, sweet-talk; see also Thesaurus:coax === References === “ingle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Elgin, Elgin., Eling, Nigel, linge == Middle Scots == === Alternative forms === ingill === Etymology === From Scottish Gaelic aingeal (“fire, light”), from Old Irish aingel, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”). === Noun === ingle an open fireplace === Further reading === “ingill, ingle, n.1”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC. == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle Scots ingle, from Scottish Gaelic aingeal (“fire, light”), from Old Irish aingel, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“coal”). === Noun === ingle (plural ingles) an open fireplace === Further reading === “ingle, n., v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC. == Spanish == === Alternative forms === ingre (rare) engle (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Latin inguinem. Cognate with English inguen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈinɡle/ [ˈĩŋ.ɡle] Rhymes: -inɡle Syllabification: in‧gle === Noun === ingle f (plural ingles) (anatomy) groin === Further reading === “ingle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025