ingénieux
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle French [Term?], a semi-learned term based on Latin ingeniōsus (“endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius”), from ingenium (“innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius”), from in (“in”) + gignere (“to produce”), Old Latin genere. Old French [Term?] had engignos (1160) and engenious (early 13c.), also from Latin.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
ingénieux (feminine ingénieuse, masculine plural ingénieux, feminine plural ingénieuses)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “ingénieux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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