ingine

See also: Ingine

English

Noun

ingine (plural ingines)

1. Obsolete form of engine.

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Old Irish

Noun

ingine f

1. genitive singular of ingen

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Scots

Etymology

From Old French engin. More at English engine.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪndʒəin]

Noun

ingine (plural ingines)

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

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪndʒɪn]

Noun

ingine (plural ingines)

1. engine

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Swahili

Adjective

-ingine (declinable)

1. other, another

Usage notes

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.

Inflection

Inflected forms of -ingine

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mwingine	wengine
m-mi class(III/IV)	mwingine	mingine
ji-ma class(V/VI)	jingine	mengine
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kingine	vingine
n class(IX/X)	nyingine	nyingine
u class(XI)	mwingine	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pengine
ku class(XVII)	kwingine
mu class(XVIII)	mwingine