engin

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology

From Latin ingenium.

[edit] Noun

engin m. (plural engins)

  1. Any piece of machinery, particularly a complex, dangerous or powerful one.
  2. A piece of military equipment.
  3. A piece of heavy machinery.
  4. (informal) Any object whose name or function is unknown; a thingy; a gizmo.
  5. (chiefly law) A piece of hunting equipment.
  6. (sports) An artistic gymnastics apparatus.
  7. (dated) Any tool or apparatus.

[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Pronoun

engin f.

  1. nobody, no one

[edit] Declension

Indefinite pronoun (Óákveðin fornöfn)
singular plural
m. f. n. m. f. n.
nominative enginn engin ekkert engir engar engin
accusative engan enga ekkert enga engar engin
dative engum engri engu engum engum engum
genitive einskis engrar einskis engra engra engra

[edit] Turkish

[edit] Adjective

engin

  1. vast

[edit] Synonyms

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