engin

French

noun
Definitions
  • any device, contraption or machinery, particularly a complex, dangerous or powerful one
  • a piece of military equipment
  • a piece of heavy machinery
  • (informal) any object whose name or function is unknown; a thingy; a gizmo
  • (informal) penis
  • (chiefly) a piece of hunting equipment
  • (sports) an apparatus used in artistic gymnastics
  • (dated) any tool or apparatus

Etymology

Inherited from Old French engin (war machine, cleverness, engine, skill) inherited from Latin ingenium (an engine, nature, innate natural quality, genius, an invention, a producer, a genius, machine, LL).

Origin

Latin

ingenium

Gloss

an engine, nature, innate natural quality, genius, an invention, a producer, a genius, machine, LL

Concept
Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

機

Emoji

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