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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishengyn, fromAnglo-Normanengine,Old Frenchengin(“skill, cleverness, war machine”), fromLatiningenium(“innate or natural quality, nature, genius, a genius, an invention, (inLate Latin) a war-engine, battering-ram”), related toingignō(“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Comparegin,ingenious,engineer.

Pronunciation

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(UK, US)IPA^(key): /ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn/
- Audio(US): (file)
- Audio(Texas): (file)
(pin–pen merger)IPA^(key): /ˈɪnd͡ʒɪn/
(weak vowel merger)IPA^(key): /ˈɛnd͡ʒən/
(General Australian)IPA^(key): /ˈend͡ʒɪn/,/ˈend͡ʒən/
(New Zealand)IPA^(key): /ˈend͡ʒɘn/
(Indic)IPA^(key): /ɪɲˈdʒɪn/,/ɪɲˈdʒin/
Hyphenation:en‧gine
Rhymes:-ɛnd͡ʒɪn,(pin–pen merger)-ɪnd͡ʒɪn

Noun

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engine (pluralengines)

A largeconstruction used inwarfare, such as abattering ram,catapult etc.[from 14th c.]
- c.1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe],Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published1592,→OCLC; reprinted asTamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press,1973,→ISBN,Act IIII, scene i:
  Their warlikeEngins and munition
  Exceed the forces of their martial men.
(now archaic) Atool; autensil orimplement.[from 14th c.]
- 1714,Bernard Mandeville,The Fable of the Bees:
  Flattery must be the most powerful Argument that cou'd be used to Human Creatures. Making use of this bewitchingEngine, they extoll'd the Excellency of our Nature above other Animals [...].
- 1733, [Alexander Pope],An Essay on Man. […], epistle I, London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […],→OCLC,page15, lines248–251:
  What if the Foot, ordain'd the duſt to tread, / Or Hand, to toil, aſpir'd to be the Head? / What if the Head, the Eye, or Ear repin'd / To ſerve mereEngines to the ruling Mind?
A complexmechanical device which convertsenergy into useful motion or physical effects.[from 16th c.]
A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.[from 16th c.]
- 1834,L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, inFrancesca Carrara. […], volume I, London:Richard Bentley, […], (successor toHenry Colburn),→OCLC,page75:
  In France, the parliament soon became a mereengine in the hands of a few high-born and ambitious men, who had nothing in common with its interests, which were those of the people.
The part of acar or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered byinternal combustion.[from 19th c.]
A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track.[from 19th c.]
2. (usually) Alocomotive.
(computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).[from 20th c.]
a graphicsengine
a physicsengine
(obsolete)Ingenuity;cunning,trickery,guile.[13th–17th c.]
(obsolete) The result of cunning; somethingingenious, acontrivance; (in negative senses) aplot, ascheme.[13th–18th c.]
- 1590,Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, inThe Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] forWilliam Ponsonbie,→OCLC,page193:
  Therefore this craftieengine he did frame, / Againſt his praiſe to ſtirre vp enmitye [...].
(obsolete) Naturaltalent;genius.[14th–17th c.]
Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
- c.1604–1605 (date written),William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene v],page243, column 1:
  [...] their promiſes, entiſements, oathes, tokens, and all theſeengines of luſt [...].
- 1678,John Bunyan, “The Author’s Apology for His Book”, inThe Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […],→OCLC:
  You ſee the ways the Fiſher-man doth take / To catch the Fiſh; whatEngins doth he make?

Synonyms

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Hyponyms

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Hyponyms ofengine

Derived terms

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some may be hyponyms

Related terms

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Descendants

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→ Afrikaans:enjin
→ Bengali:ইঞ্জিন(injin)
→ Hindi:इंजन(iñjan)
→ Hong Kong Cantonese:engine
→ Iban:injin
→ Japanese:エンジン
- → Hakka:引擎(ên-chín)
- → Min Nan:引擎(ia̋n-jín)
→ Korean:엔진(enjin)
→ Malay:enjin
- Indonesian:enjin
→ Portuguese:engine
→ Punjabi:ਇੰਞਣ(iññaṇ)
→ Scottish Gaelic:einnsean
→ Swahili:injini
→ Shanghainese:引擎(in¹-jin⁶)
- → Chinese:引擎(yǐnqíng)

Translations

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mechanical device

Afrikaans:enjin
Albanian:motor (sq) m
Arabic:مُحَرِّك (ar) m(muḥarrik),مُوتُور m(mūtūr)
Armenian:շարժիչ (hy)(šaržičʻ)
Asturian:motor (ast) m
Azerbaijani:mühərrik (az),motor
Bashkir:двигатель(dvigatel),мотор(motor)
Basque:motor (eu) sg
Belarusian:рухаві́к m(ruxavík),мато́р m(matór)
Bengali:ইঞ্জিন (bn)(injin),মোটর (bn)(mōṭor)
Bulgarian:мото́р (bg) m(motór),дви́гател (bg) m(dvígatel)
Burmese:အင်ဂျင် (my)(anggyang),စက်ခေါင်း (my)(cakhkaung:)
Catalan:motor (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin:引擎 (zh)(yǐnqíng),發動機 /发动机 (zh)(fādòngjī),馬達 /马达 (zh)(mǎdá),摩托 (zh)(mótuō)
Coptic:ⲙⲏⲭⲁⲛⲏ f(mēkhanē)
Cornish:jynn m
Czech:motor (cs) m
Danish:motor (da) c
Dutch:motor (nl) m,aandrijving (nl) f
Esperanto:motoro
Estonian:mootor
Finnish:moottori (fi)
French:moteur (fr) m
Galician:motor (gl) m
Georgian:ძრავა(ʒrava),მატორი(maṭori)
German:Motor (de) m,Triebwerk (de) n,Antrieb (de) m
Greek:μηχανή (el) f(michaní),κινητήρας (el) f(kinitíras)
Ancient Greek:μηχανή f(mēkhanḗ)
Hebrew:מָנוֹעַ (he) m(manóa)
Hindi:इंजन (hi)(iñjan),मोटर (hi)(moṭar)
Hungarian:motor (hu)
Icelandic:vél (is) f,mótor (is) m
Ido:mashino (io)
Indonesian:mesin (id),motor (id),enjin (id)
Interlingua:motor
Irish:inneall m,mótair
Italian:motore (it) m
Japanese:エンジン (ja)(enjin),機関 (ja)(きかん, kikan),機械 (ja)(きかい, kikai),モーター (ja)(mōtā),発動機 (ja)(はつどうき, hatsudōki),原動機 (ja)(げんどうき, kendōki)
Kazakh:қозғалтқыш(qozğaltqyş),мотор (kk)(motor)
Khmer:ម៉ូតូ(moutou),ម៉ាស៊ីន (km)(maasɨn)
Korean:기관(機關) (ko)(gigwan),모터 (ko)(moteo),엔진 (ko)(enjin)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish:بزوێنەر(bizwêner),مۆتۆر(motor)
Northern Kurdish:makîne (ku)
Kyrgyz:кыймылдаткыч(kıymıldatkıc),мотор (ky)(motor)
Lao:ເຄື່ອງຈັກ (lo)(khư̄ang chak)
Latvian:dzinējs m,motors m
Lithuanian:variklis m,motoras m
Macedonian:мо́тор (mk) m(mótor)
Malay:enjin (ms)
Maltese:mutur m
Maori:initia,mīhini (mi),pūkaha
Marathi:इंजिन n(iñjin),अभियंत्र n(abhiyantra)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic:хөдөлгүүр (mn)(xödölgüür),мотор (mn)(motor)
Navajo:atsiitsʼiin
Norwegian:
Bokmål:motor (no) m
Nynorsk:motor m
Pashto:انجن (ps) m(enǰǝ́n),ماشين m(māšín)
Persian:
Dari:موتَر(mōtar)
Iranian Persian:موتور (fa)(motor),مُحَرِّک(moharrek)
Plautdietsch:Inzhen m
Polish:silnik (pl) m,motor (pl) m
Portuguese:motor (pt) m
Romanian:motor (ro) n
Russian:дви́гатель (ru) m(dvígatelʹ),мото́р (ru) m(motór)
Scots:ingine
Scottish Gaelic:einnsean m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:мо̀то̄р m
Roman:mòtōr (sh) m
Sinhalese:එන්ජිම (si)(enjima)
Slovak:motor m
Slovene:motor (sl) m
Spanish:motor (es) m
Swahili:injini (sw)
Swedish:motor (sv) c
Tagalog:likhisog
Tajik:муҳаррик(muharrik),мотор(motor)
Tatar:йөрткеч (tt)(yörtkeç),мотор(motor)
Thai:เครื่องยนต์ (th)(krʉ̂ʉang-yon),มอเตอร์ (th)(mɔɔ-dtə̂ə)
Turkish:motor (tr)
Turkmen:dwigatel,motor
Ukrainian:двигу́н (uk) m(dvyhún),мото́р (uk) m(motór)
Urdu:اِنْجَن m(injan),موٹَر f(moṭar)
Uyghur:ماتور(mator)
Uzbek:motor (uz),dvigatel (uz)
Vietnamese:động cơ (vi) (動機)
Welsh:peiriant (cy) m,ermig m or f
Yiddish:מאָטאָר m(motor)

locomotive—seelocomotive

influential group

software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task

Esperanto:motoro
Finnish:moottori (fi)
Japanese:エンジン (ja)(enjin)
Macedonian:дви́гател m(dvígatel)
Marathi:इंजिन n(iñjin)
Polish:aparat (pl) m,mechanizm (pl) m,silnik (pl) m
Portuguese:motor (pt) m
Russian:движо́к (ru) m(dvižók)
Spanish:motor (es)

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Indonesian:^{(pleaseverify)}mesin (id)

Verb

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engine (third-person singular simple presentengines,present participleengining,simple past and past participleengined)

(transitive, dated) Toequip with an engine; said especially ofsteam vessels.
Vessels are often built by one firm andengined by another.
(transitive, obsolete) Toassault with an engine.
- 1629,Thomas Adams,Plain-Dealing:
  toengine and batter our walls
(transitive, obsolete) Tocontrive; to put into action.

Anagrams

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ginnee

Chinese

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Alternative forms

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N展(en¹ zin²),N剪
engin

Etymology 1

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From clipping ofEnglishengineering.

Pronunciation

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Cantonese(Jyutping):en¹ zin²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese,Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping:en¹ zin²
  - Cantonese Pinyin:en¹ dzin²
  - SinologicalIPA^(key):/ɛːn⁵⁵ t͡siːn³⁵/

Noun

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engine

(Hong Kong Cantonese)engineering industry;engineer
(Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang)engineering
- 2001 May 23,小賤, “好慢~~~~”, intalk.rumors‎^[1] (Usenet):
  我都話我讀Engine
  無乜識到女仔咯[Cantonese,trad.]
  我都话我读Engine
  无乜识到女仔咯[Cantonese,simp.]
  ngo⁵ dou¹ waa⁶ ngo⁵ duk⁶en¹ zin²
  mou⁵ mat¹ sik¹ dou² neoi⁵ zai² lok³[Jyutping]
  I said I'm studyingengineering, don't really get to know girls much

Etymology 2

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FromEnglishengine.

Pronunciation

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Cantonese(Jyutping):en¹ zin⁴ / en¹ zin²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese,Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping:en¹ zin⁴ / en¹ zin²
  - Cantonese Pinyin:en¹ dzin⁴ / en¹ dzin²
  - SinologicalIPA^(key):/ɛːn⁵⁵ t͡siːn²¹/, /ɛːn⁵⁵ t͡siːn³⁵/

Noun

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engine

(Hong Kong Cantonese)engine(mechanical device; part of a vehicle; computing)

Synonyms

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(engine):

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偈(Cantonese)
動力機 /动力机(dònglìjī)
引擎(yǐnqíng)
摩打(mo¹ daa²)(Cantonese)
摩托
發動機 /发动机(fādòngjī)
馬擎 /马擎(Hokkien)
馬擎仔 /马擎仔(Hokkien)
馬達 /马达(mǎdá)

Portuguese

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PortugueseWikipedia has an article on:

engine

Wikipedia^pt

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishengine.

Pronunciation

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(Brazil)IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.d͡ʒĩ/,(hypercorrection)/ẽˈd͡ʒaj̃ni/[ẽˈd͡ʒaɪ̯̃ni]

(Brazil)IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.d͡ʒĩ/,(hypercorrection)/ẽˈd͡ʒaj̃ni/[ẽˈd͡ʒaɪ̯̃ni]
- (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key): /ˈẽ.d͡ʒĩ/,(hypercorrection)/ẽˈd͡ʒaj̃ne/[ẽˈd͡ʒaɪ̯̃ne]

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engine f (pluralengines)

(computing)engine(software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task)
Synonym:motor
- 2008 December, Felipe Micaroni Lalli, Felippe Franco Bueno, Guilherme Keese Zacharias, “Chrome” (chapter 4.2.8), inEvolução da programação web, Campinas: FAC,page33:
  O navegador Chrome beta para Windows foi lançado setembro de 2008 e é um projeto de código-aberto do Google. A maior parte do seu código-fonte tem origem no código do Firefox e suaengine JavaScript foi baseada naengine do Safari e se chama V8. Essaengine atualmente supera a velocidade do TraceMonkey do Firefox[…].
  (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
- 2011 March 22, Nilton Kleina, “O que é engine ou motor gráfico?”, inTecMundo‎^[2], São Paulo: NZN, archived fromthe original on27 June 2012:
  Não é fácil prever quais os futuros avanços em motores gráficos, mas a próxima grande leva deengines deve surgir apenas na geração que vem a seguir.
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- 2015 December, Rafael Nevez, “Yoshi’s Safari”,Prévia, inNintendo Blast, number72, Welcome to the jungle!,page14:
  Usando umaengine gráfica semelhante à de Super Mario Kart (SNES), o game apresentou visuais belos para a época.
  (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
- 2019 March 12, Pedro Fernandes, “Vulnerabilidade no Github e Slack permitia instalação de malware”, inTugaTech‎^[3], Portugal, archived fromthe original on1 December 2024:
  De acordo com o portal HackRead, o malware aproveitava uma falha naengine para redirecionar os utilizadores para falsas páginas das plataformas, com objetivo de obter os dados de acesso a contas das mesmas.
  (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)