inxhinier

Albanian

Alternative forms

• inxhiner, inxhenjer — archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from French ingénieur. The second -i- is the original of Old French engigneor, preserved in the base noun engin, as well as Romanian inginer, Macedonian инжињер (inžinjer), Serbo-Croatian inžìnjēr／инжѝње̄р, English engineer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ind͡ʒiˈnjeɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ

Noun

inxhinier m (plural inxhinierë); feminine equivalent inxhiniere

1. engineer

   Synonym: mendis (archaic)

Derived terms

• inxhinieri

 

References

• “inxhiniér,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 728b
• Dashi, B. (2013) “ingegnere”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 242