ingeni

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ingenio (azucarero), from Latin ingenium. Doublet of enginy, an inherited word.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [iɲˈʒɛ.ni]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [iɲˈd͡ʒɛ.ni]

Noun

ingeni m (plural ingenis)

(historical) engenho (a sugar mill in Colonial Latin America)
Synonym: ingeni sucrer

Further reading

“ingeni” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Noun

ingenī

genitive singular of ingenium

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