ingénier
French, verb/ɛ̃.ʒe.nje/
ingénier is spelled I-N-G-É-N-I-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written French, the 192,066th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ingénier is a French verb meaning “to strive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chercher, tâcher de trouver dans son esprit quelque moyen pour réussir”.
What does ingénier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to strive
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Chercher, tâcher de trouver dans son esprit quelque moyen pour réussir.
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 ingénier
- s'ingénier infinitive
- s'être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- s'ingéniant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- ingénié participle past
- m'ingénie first-person indicative present
- t'ingénies indicative present second-person
- s'ingénie indicative present singular
- nous ingénions first-person indicative plural
- vous ingéniez indicative plural present
- s'ingénient indicative plural present
- m'ingéniais first-person imperfect indicative
- t'ingéniais imperfect indicative second-person
- s'ingéniait imperfect indicative singular
- nous ingéniions first-person imperfect indicative
- vous ingéniiez imperfect indicative plural
- s'ingéniaient imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ingénier?
- /ɛ̃.ʒe.nje/
- \ɛ̃.ʒe.nje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ingénier in French?
ingénier appears about once in every 36 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).