engin
French, noun/ɑ̃.ʒɛ̃/
engin is spelled E-N-G-I-N (5 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written French, the 8,831st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engin is a French masculine noun meaning “any device, contraption or machinery, particularly a complex, dangerous or powerful one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Instrument”.
What does engin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany device, contraption or machinery, particularly a complex, dangerous or powerful one
- 2
masculinea piece of military equipment
- 3
masculinea piece of heavy machinery
- 4
informalmasculineany object whose name or function is unknown; a thingy; a gizmo
- 5
informalmasculinetool (penis)
- 6
masculinea piece of hunting equipment
- 7
masculinean apparatus used in artistic gymnastics
- 8
datedmasculineany tool or apparatus
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Instrument. 2. Terme générique pour des machines ou outils ayant une fonction définie. 3. Système mis au point en vue d'une opération déterminée. 4. Terme général pour désigner du matériel militaire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of engin
- engins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce engin?
- /ɑ̃.ʒɛ̃/
- \ɑ̃.ʒɛ̃\
- [ɑ̃.ʒœ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to engin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is engin in French?
engin appears 6.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).