engin

engin (plural engins)

1. Obsolete form of engine.

• -genin, Ingen, genin

From Old French engin, from Latin ingenium.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʒɛ̃/

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) penis
6. (chiefly law) a piece of hunting equipment
7. (sports) an apparatus used in artistic gymnastics
8. (dated) any tool or apparatus

• engeigner

• ingénieur
• ingénieux

• “engin” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

engin

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

engin

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

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

From Latin ingenium.

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

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

• engigneor

• English: engine (borrowed)
• Middle French: engin
  • French: engin
• Norman: engîn
• Scots: ingine (borrowed)

• 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

engin

1. vast

• vâsi