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Translingual

Symbol

eng

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for English.

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɛŋ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Etymology 1

Probably from Dutch eng (narrow), also compare Old English enge (narrow), from Proto-West Germanic *angī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *anguz.

No mention of the word is found in any surviving Middle English text, save for the Middle English compound word ang-nail. Related to Dutch eng (narrow), German eng (narrow), Low German enj (confined, narrow), Luxembourgish enk (narrow).

Adjective

eng

  1. (regional, obsolete) Narrow.
    The hole was too eng for him to get through.
References

Etymology 2

Probably created in analogy with other names for nasal consonants em (m) and en (n).

Noun

eng (plural engs)

  1. Roman alphabet ŋ: The Latin-based letter formed by combining the letters n and g, used in the IPA, Saami, Mende, and some Australian aboriginal languages. In the IPA, it represents the voiced velar nasal, the ng sound in running and rink. .
Synonyms
Derived terms

(ŋ):

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *anga, related to Lithuanian angùs (sluggish, lazy, idle), éngti (to strangle), Latvian îgt (to wear off, to languish), and Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌿𐍃 (aggwus, narrow).

Adjective

eng (feminine enge)

  1. deaf and dumb

Synonyms

Related terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 88

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse eng.

Pronunciation

Noun

eng c (singular definite engen, plural indefinite enge)

  1. A meadow.

Inflection

Derived terms

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch enge, from Old Dutch *engi, from Proto-West Germanic *angī, from Proto-Germanic *anguz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus. Cognate with German eng, from Old High German engi.

Adjective

eng (comparative enger, superlative engst)

  1. scary, creepy
  2. narrow
  3. small
Inflection
Inflection of eng
uninflected eng
inflected enge
comparative enger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial eng enger het engst
het engste
indefinite m./f. sing. enge engere engste
n. sing. eng enger engste
plural enge engere engste
definite enge engere engste
partitive engs engers
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: eng
  • ? English: eng

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch enc.

Noun

eng m (plural engen)

  1. Alternative form of enk.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German enge, from Old High German engi, from Proto-West Germanic *angī.

Pronunciation

Adjective

eng (strong nominative masculine singular enger, comparative enger, superlative am engsten)

  1. narrow, tight
    enge Freunde.close friends.

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • eng” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • eng” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • eng” in Duden online

Kosraean

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *aŋin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin. Compare Tagalog hangin, Malagasy anina, Pohnpeian ahng, Fijian cagi, Tongan angi, Samoan agi, Hawaiian ani.

Pronunciation

Noun

eng

  1. wind

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Article

eng f

  1. Feminine singular indefinite article: a, an
    Si huet zwéin Hënn an eng Kaz.
    She has two dogs and a cat.
  2. Plural indefinite article: some; only used in wéi eng (what kind of), sou eng (such, this kind of), and to indicate a vague number before numerals and certain adjectives like ettlech
    Si huet eng fofzéng Kazen.
    She has some fifteen cats.

Declension

Luxembourgish indefinite articles
masculine feminine neuter plural
nom./acc. en eng en (eng)
dative engem enger engem (engen)
Plural forms indicate a vague number (before numerals and certain adjectives).

Mandarin

Romanization

eng

  1. Nonstandard spelling of ēng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of éng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of ěng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of èng.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse eng.

Noun

eng f or m (definite singular enga or engen, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)

  1. a meadow

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse eng, from Proto-Germanic *angijō.

Pronunciation

Noun

eng f (definite singular enga, indefinite plural enger, definite plural engene)

  1. a meadow

Inflection

References

Old Frisian

Pronunciation

Determiner

ēng

  1. Alternative form of ēnich

References

  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *angijō f.

Noun

eng f or n

  1. meadow

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • eng1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • eng2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Noun

eng c

  1. Archaic spelling of äng (meadow).

See also

  • eng. (English)

Uzbek

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰭 (ŋ /⁠eŋ⁠/). Cognate with Azerbaijani ən, Kyrgyz эң (), Turkish en.

Pronunciation

Adverb

Other scripts
Cyrillic энг (eng)
Latin eng
Perso-Arabic

eng

  1. the most ..., the ...-est (marks the superlative degree of adjectives)
    eng so'nggi yangiliklar
    the latest news

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

eng f (plural engiau)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ng.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
èng unchanged unchanged hèng
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also