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French
Etymology
From Middle French , a semi-learned term based on Latin ingeniōsus (“endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius”), from ingenium (“innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius”), from in (“in”) + gignere (“to produce”), Old Latin genere. Old French had engignos (1160) and engenious (early 13c.), also from Latin.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɛ̃.ʒe.njø/
Adjective
ingénieux (feminine ingénieuse, masculine plural ingénieux, feminine plural ingénieuses)
- ingenious
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