ingeni

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ingenio (azucarero), from Latin ingenium. Doublet of enginy, an inherited word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [iɲˈʒɛ.ni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [iɲˈd͡ʒɛ.ni]

Noun

ingeni m (plural ingenis)

1. (historical) engenho (a sugar mill in Colonial Latin America)

   Synonym: ingeni sucrer

Further reading

• “ingeni” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Noun

ingenī

1. genitive singular of ingenium