English
Etymology
ME. engineour, from AF. enginer, from engin.
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-engineer.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
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- A person who is qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering.
- A person who, given a problem and a specific set of goals and constraints, finds a technical solution to the problem that satisfies those goals within those constraints. The goals and constraints may be technical, social, or business related.
- (formerly) A person who operates an engine (such as a locomotive).
Translations
trans-top|Person qualified or professionally engaged in engineering
Arabic: Arab|���دس (muhandis) m
Bosnian: t-|bs|inženjer|m
Chinese: �� (jìshī)
Croatian: t+|hr|inženjer|m
Czech: t-|cs|inženýr|m
Dutch: t+|nl|ingenieur|m|f
Finnish: t+|fi|insinööri
French: t+|fr|ingénieur|m|f
German: t|de|Ingenieur|m, t|de|Ingenieurin|f
Hungarian: t+|hu|mérnök
Irish innealtóir
Italian: t+|it|ingegnere|m
Japanese: ���
Korean: 공�� (gonghakja)
Kurdish: KUchar|ئ���داز�ار
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Lower Sorbian: inženjer m
Norwegian: ingeniør m
Persian: fa-Arab|���دس (mohandes)
Polish: t|pl|inżynier|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|engenheiro|m
Romanian: inginer m
Russian: t+|ru|инжене�|m|f|trinženér|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: innleadair m
Serbian:
Spanish: t-|es|ingeniero|m
Swedish: ingenjör c (1)
Thai: THchar|วิศวà¸�ร (wÃsà wà gon)
Upper Sorbian: inženjer m
Vietnamese: kĩ sư
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trans-top|A person who finds a technical solution to a problem
Bosnian: t-|bs|inženjer|m
Croatian: t+|hr|inženjer|m
Dutch: ingenieur m|f, probleemoplosser m
Finnish: suunnittelija
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Romanian: ingenios m
Serbian:
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trans-top|Locomotive operator
Bosnian: t|bs|vozovo�a|m
Croatian: t|hr|vlakovo�a|m, t|hr|vozovo�a|m
Dutch: t+|nl|machinist|m
Finnish: junankuljettaja
French: t+|fr|machiniste|m
German: Maschinist m, Maschinistin f
Italian: t+|it|macchinista|m
Japanese: ��士 (����, kikánshi)
Korean: 기ì� ì�� (gisulja)
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Polish: t+|pl|maszynista|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|maquinista|m|f
Romanian: mecanic m|f
Russian: маÑ�иниÑ�Ñ� (maÅ¡inÃst) m
Serbian:
Swedish: lokförare
Vietnamese: ngư�i phụ trách máy
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Verb
en-verb
- transitive To design, construct or manage something as an engineer.
- transitive To alter or construct something by means of genetic engineering.
- transitive To plan or achieve some goal by contrivance or guile; to wangle or finagle.
Translations
trans-top|To work as engineer
Finnish: suunnitella, toteuttaa (depending on the focus of the work)
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trans-top|To do genetic engineering
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trans-top|To plan or achieve a goal by contrivance or guile
Finnish: t+|fi|suunnitella, t-|fi|juonia
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Portuguese: t+|pt|maquinar
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