ingeni
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ingenio (azucarero), from Latin ingenium. Doublet of enginy, an inherited word.
Pronunciation
Noun
ingeni m (plural ingenis)
- (historical) engenho (a sugar mill in Colonial Latin America)
- Synonym: ingeni sucrer
Further reading
- “ingeni”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Latin
Noun
ingenī
- genitive singular of ingenium