ingine

See also: Ingine

English

Noun

ingine (plural ingines)

  1. Obsolete form of engine.

Old Irish

Noun

ingine f

  1. genitive singular of ingen

Scots

Etymology

From Old French engin. More at English engine.

Pronunciation 1
  • IPA(key): [ˈɪndʒəin]

Noun

ingine (plural ingines)

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

Pronunciation 2
  • IPA(key): [ˈɪndʒɪn]

Noun

ingine (plural ingines)

  1. engine

Swahili

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.

Inflection
Inflected forms of -ingine
Noun class singular plural
M-wa class mwingine
M-mi class mwingine mingine
Ma class jingine mengine
Ki-vi class kingine vingine
N class nyingine nyingine
U class mwingine nyingine
Pa class pengine pengine
Ku class kwingine kwingine
Mu class mwingine mwingine
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