engineering

English

Etymology

engineer +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛn(d)ʒɪˈnɪə.ɹɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛn.d͡ʒɪˈnɪ(ə)ɹ.ɪŋ/

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Verb

engineering

1. present participle of engineer

Noun

engineering (usually uncountable, plural engineerings)

1. (uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.
   • 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:

     One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.

2. The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.
3. Actions controling the motion, shape, and/or substance of any physical object(s).
4. Designates office area of the professional engineering staff.

Hyponyms

• aerospace engineering
• chemical engineering
• civil engineering
• climate engineering
• computer engineering
• conceptual engineering
• control engineering
• earthquake engineering
• electrical engineering
• engineering sample
• engineering society
• engineering strain
• engineering stress
• financial engineering
• genetic engineering
• geoengineering
• geotechnical engineering
• hydraulic engineering
• industrial engineering
• information engineering
• manufacturing engineering
• mechanical engineering
• mechatronics engineering
• memetic engineering
• mining engineering
• molecular engineering
• municipal engineering
• ocean engineering
• ontology engineering
• planetary engineering
• protein engineering
• re-engineering
• retro-engineering
• reverse engineering
• sanitary engineering
• sanitation engineering
• site reliability engineering
• social engineering
• software engineering
• soil mechanics and engineering
• sound engineering
• systems engineering
• tissue engineering
• tombstone engineering

 

Derived terms

• geoengineering

Translations

application of science to the needs of humanity

• Albanian: inxhinieri (sq) f
• Arabic: هَنْدَسَة‎ (ar) f (handasa)

  Egyptian Arabic: هندسة‎ f (handasa)

• Armenian: ճարտարագիտություն (čartaragitutʿyun), տեխնիկա (hy) (texnika)
• Assamese: অভিযান্ত্ৰিক বিদ্যা (obhizantrik biidda)
• Basque: ingeniaritza
• Bengali: প্রকৌশল (prokouśol)
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: প্রকৌশল
• Catalan: enginyeria (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工程 (zh) (gōngchéng)

• Czech: inženýrství n
• Danish: ingeniørvidenskab c
• Dutch: ingenieurswetenschap f
• Esperanto: inĝenierarto
• Finnish: tekniikka (fi), insinööritaito
• French: ingénierie (fr) f, génie (fr)
• Galician: enxeñaría (gl) f
• Georgian: საინჟინრო მეცნიერება (sainžinro mecniereba), ინჟინერია (inžineria)
• German: (as a theoretical science) Ingenieurwissenschaft (de) f; (otherwise) Ingenieurwesen (de) n; (among professionals also) Engineering (de) n
• Greek: μηχανική (el) f (michanikí)
• Gujarati: અભિયાંત્રિકી (abhiyā̃trikī)
• Hawaiian: wilikī
• Hebrew: הַנְדָּסָה‎ (he) f (handasá)
• Hindi: अभियांत्रिकी f (abhiyāntrikī)
• Hungarian: mérnöki tudomány (hu), műszaki tudomány
• Ido: injeniorarto (io)
• Indonesian: teknik (id), rekayasa (id)
• Inuktitut: ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅ (titiraoyaq)
• Irish: innealtóireacht f
• Italian: ingegneria (it) f
• Japanese: 工学 (ja) (こうがく, kōgaku), 工務 (ja) (こうむ, kōmu), エンジニアリング (ja) (enjiniaringu)
• Javanese: ꦫꦺꦏꦪꦱ (rékayasa)
• Korean: 공학(工學) (ko) (gonghak), 엔지니어링 (enjinieoring)
• Lao: ວິສະວະກຳສາດ (lo) (wi sa wa kam sāt)
• Macedonian: инжене́рство n (inženérstvo)
• Maithili: अभियांत्रिकी (abhiyāntrikī)
• Malay: kejuruteraan (ms)
• Maori: mātai pūhanga
• Marathi: अभियांत्रिकी (abhiyāntrikī)
• Nepali: अभियांत्रिकी (abhiyāntrikī)
• Norman: înginn'nie f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ingeniørvitenskap m

• Occitan: engenhariá (oc) f
• Oriya: ବୈଷୟିକ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ (or) (bôiṣôyikô bijñanô)
• Persian: مهندسی‎ (fa) (mohandesi)
• Polish: inżynieria (pl) f
• Portuguese: engenharia (pt) f
• Romanian: inginerie (ro) f
• Russian: те́хника (ru) f (téxnika), инжене́рия (ru) f (inženérija), разрабо́тка (ru) f (razrabótka), инжини́ринг (ru) m (inžiníring), проекти́рование (ru) n (projektírovanije)
• Scots: ingineerin
• Scottish Gaelic: (mechanical) einnseanaireachd f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: inženjering (sh) m, tehnika (sh) f, inženjerstvo (sh) sg or n

• Slovak: inžinierstvo n
• Slovene: inženirstvo n
• Spanish: ingeniería (es) f
• Sundanese: ᮛᮦᮊᮚᮞ (rékayasa)
• Swahili: uhandisi
• Swedish: ingenjörskonst c, ingenjörsvetenskap (sv) c
• Tagalog: agsikapan, inhenyeriya
• Tamil: பொறியியல் (ta) (poṟiyiyal)
• Thai: วิศวกรรมศาสตร์ (th) (wít-sà-wá-gam-má-sàat)
• Welsh: peirianneg f, peirianyddiaeth f
• Yiddish: אינזשענעריע‎ f (inzhenerye)

work of an engineer

• Arabic: هَنْدَسَة‎ (ar) f (handasa)
• Armenian: ճարտարագիտություն (čartaragitutʿyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工程 (zh) (gōngchéng), 工程學／工程学 (zh) (gōngchéngxué)

• Finnish: insinöörityö (fi)
• French: ingénierie (fr) f
• Galician: enxeñaría (gl) f
• German: Ingenieurwesen (de) f; (among professionals also) Engineering (de) n
• Hebrew: הַנְדָּסָה‎ (he) f (handasá)
• Indonesian: teknik (id), rekayasa (id)
• Irish: innealtóireacht f
• Italian: ingegneria (it) f
• Japanese: 工学 (ja) (こうがく, kōgaku), 工務 (ja) (こうむ, kōmu), エンジニアリング (ja) (enjiniaringu)
• Norman: înginn'nie f
• Portuguese: engenharia (pt) f
• Romanian: inginerie (ro) f
• Russian: инжене́рное иску́сство n (inženérnoje iskússtvo), инжене́рное де́ло n (inženérnoje délo), машинострое́ние (ru) n (mašinostrojénije), инжини́ринг (ru) m (inžiníring)
• Thai: วิศวกรรม (th) (wít-sà-wá-gam)
• Turkish: mühendislik (tr)
• Welsh: peirianneg f, peirianyddiaeth f

profession

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工程 (zh) (gōngchéng), 工程學／工程学 (zh) (gōngchéngxué)

• Czech: inženýrství n
• Finnish: tekniikka (fi), tekniikan ala
• French: ingénierie (fr) f
• Galician: enxeñaría (gl) f
• Georgian: საინჟინრო ხელოვნება (sainžinro xelovneba), მანქანათმშენებლობა (mankanatmšenebloba)
• German: Ingenieurwesen (de) n, Ingenieurberuf m
• Greek: μηχανολογία (el) f (michanología)
• Hebrew: הַנְדָּסָה‎ (he) f (handasá)
• Ido: injeniorarto (io)
• Indonesian: teknik (id)
• Irish: innealtóireacht f
• Italian: ingegneria (it) f
• Japanese: 工学 (ja) (こうがく, kōgaku)
• Norman: înginn'nie f
• Portuguese: engenharia (pt) f
• Russian: инжене́рное де́ло n (inženérnoje délo), машинострое́ние (ru) n (mašinostrojénije), инжини́ринг (ru) m (inžiníring)
• Thai: วิศวกรรมศาสตร์ (th) (wít-sà-wá-gam-má-sàat)

area aboard a ship where the engine is located

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 引擎房, 引擎室, 引擎艙／引擎舱

• Czech: strojovna f
• Finnish: konehuone (fi)
• French: salle des machines (fr) f
• German: Maschinenraum (de) m
• Greek: μηχανοστάσιο (el) n (michanostásio)
• Italian: sala macchine
• Romanian: sala mașinilor f
• Russian: маши́нное отделе́ние n (mašínnoje otdelénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: strojarnica (sh) f

• Spanish: sala de máquinas f

See also

• science
• applied mathematics

References

• engineering on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English engineering.

Noun

engineering n (uncountable)

1. engineering

Declension

declension of engineering (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) engineering	engineeringul
genitive/dative	(unui) engineering	engineeringului
vocative	engineeringule

References

• engineering in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN