Translation
engineer
Word origin
From French ingenieur, through Old French engigneor, from Latin ingenium ('natural talent, cleverness'). The engine came later and from the same root: an engineer was a clever person long before there was anything to drive.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- ingenium
- English cognates
- engineer, engine, ingenious
Examples
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The engineer designed a new bridge over the river.
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Her son is studying at the university to become an engineer.
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The engineers built the factory in two years.
is the qualified professional, the one with the degree and the drawings. Do not reach for it when you mean the person who fixes the boiler or drives the train: that is a mekanikisto or a o, and the mismatch is the same one English speakers make when they call a plumber an engineer. The ĝ is a soft j as in judge, so the word runs in-JEN-yeh-ro.
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