ingine

See also: Ingine

English

Noun

ingine (plural ingines)

  1. Obsolete form of engine.

Anagrams

Old Irish

Noun

ingine f

  1. genitive singular of ingen

Scots

Etymology 1

From Old French engin, from Latin ingenium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɪndʒəin]

Noun

ingine (plural ingines)

  1. ingenuity, intelligence, wit
  2. intellect, clever person

Etymology 2

From Middle French engin, ultimately the same as Etymology 1 but borrowed later. More at English engine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɪndʒɪn]

Noun

ingine (plural ingines)

  1. engine

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

-ingine (declinable)

  1. other, another

Usage notes

The form lingine is sometimes used for the singular of the Ma class. In Kenya, the Ki-vi forms used may be chengine and vyengine.

Declension

Inflected forms of -ingine
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mwingine
m-mi class(III/IV) mwingine mingine
ji-ma class(V/VI) jingine mengine
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kingine vingine
n class(IX/X) nyingine nyingine
u class(XI) mwingine see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pengine
ku class(XVII) kwingine
mu class(XVIII) mwingine