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): (Valencia) [iɲˈd͡ʒɛ.ni]

Noun

ingeni m (plural ingenis)

1. (historical) engenho (a sugar mill in Colonial Latin America)

   Synonym: ingeni sucrer

Further reading

• “ingeni”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Latin

Noun

ingenī

1. genitive singular of ingenium