ingine

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

ingine (plural ingines)

  1. Obsolete form of engine.

Anagrams[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Noun[edit]

ingine f

  1. genitive singular of ingen

Scots[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old French engin, from Latin ingenium.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ingine (plural ingines)

  1. ingenuity, intelligence, wit
  2. intellect, clever person

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle French engin, ultimately the same as Etymology 1 but borrowed later. More at English engine.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ingine (plural ingines)

  1. engine

Swahili[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

-ingine (declinable)

  1. other, another

Usage notes[edit]

The form lingine is sometimes used for the singular of the Ma class. In Kenya, the Ki-vi forms used may be chengine and vyengine.

Declension[edit]