engin

See also: Engin, engin., and engîn

English

Noun

engin (plural engins)

1. Obsolete form of engine.

Anagrams

• -genin, Ingen, genin

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʒɛ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

engin m (plural engins)

1. any device, contraption or machinery, particularly a complex, dangerous or powerful one
2. a piece of military equipment
3. a piece of heavy machinery
4. (informal) any object whose name or function is unknown; a thingy; a gizmo
5. (informal) tool (penis)
   • 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:

     Ça a pas été trop dur, parce que je suis une bonne reproductrice, je suis quand même tombée enceinte alors que j’avais un stérilet, et j’ai des jumeaux (mes petits frère et sœur), alors bon, et, ça reste entre nous, mais ton père il a un sacre engin.

     It wasn't too hard, because I'm very fertile; I still got pregnant even though I had an IUD, and I have twins (my little brother and sister). You see, and this is just between you and me, but your father has a hell of a tool on him.

6. (chiefly law) a piece of hunting equipment
   • 1997, Le Courrier de la nature, numbers 161-174, page 149:

     A noter que la caouanne, Caretta caretta, semble effectivement ne plus pondre en Corse, l’espèce n’a pas complètement disparu des côtes de France où, chaque année, quelques individus sont capturés involuntairement par des engins de pêche.

     It should be noted that the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, no longer seems to lay eggs in Corsica, but the species has not completely disappeared from French coastlines where, each year, several individuals are caught unintentionally in fishing apparatus.

7. (sports) an apparatus used in artistic gymnastics
8. (dated) any tool or apparatus

Derived terms

• engeigner

Related terms

• ingénieur
• ingénieux

Further reading

• “engin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Icelandic

Pronoun

engin

1. (indefinite) inflection of enginn:
   1. feminine nominative singular
   2. neuter nominative plural
   3. neuter accusative plural

Noun

engin

1. inflection of engi:
   1. definite nominative plural
   2. definite accusative plural

Old French

Alternative forms

• amgin
• enghien
• engien, engïen (common)
• enging

Etymology

From Latin ingenium.

Noun

engin oblique singular, m (oblique plural engins, nominative singular engins, nominative plural engin)

1. intelligence
2. ruse; trickery; deception
3. invention; ingenuity; creativity
4. machine; device; contraption

Related terms

• engigneor

Descendants

• → English: engine
• Middle French: engin
  • French: engin
• Norman: engîn
• → Scots: ingine

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (engin)
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (engin, supplement)
• engin on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish انگین (engin), from the verb اینمك (enmek, “to fall down”), whence also Turkish inmek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɲˈɟin/
• Hyphenation: en‧gin

Adjective

engin

1. vast

   Synonym: vâsi

Noun

engin (definite accusative engini, plural enginler)

1. (nautical) high seas

   Synonyms: açık deniz, alarga

Further reading

• “engin”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “engin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “engin”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı