See eng in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nl",
"3": "eng",
"4": "",
"5": "narrow"
},
"expansion": "Dutch eng (“narrow”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "enge",
"4": "",
"5": "narrow"
},
"expansion": "Old English enge (“narrow”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*angī"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *angī",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*anguz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *anguz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "eng",
"3": "",
"4": "narrow"
},
"expansion": "Dutch eng (“narrow”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "eng",
"3": "",
"4": "narrow"
},
"expansion": "German eng (“narrow”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "enj",
"3": "",
"4": "confined, narrow"
},
"expansion": "Low German enj (“confined, narrow”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lb",
"2": "enk",
"3": "",
"4": "narrow"
},
"expansion": "Luxembourgish enk (“narrow”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Probably from Dutch eng (“narrow”), also compare Old English enge (“narrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *angī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *anguz.\nNo 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”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "eng",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Regional English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The hole was too eng for him to get through.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Narrow."
],
"id": "en-eng-en-adj-BrDPtV6f",
"links": [
[
"regional",
"regional#English"
],
[
"Narrow",
"narrow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(regional, obsolete) Narrow."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"regional"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɛŋ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eng.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-eng.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-eng.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-eng.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-eng.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛŋ"
}
],
"word": "eng"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Probably created in analogy with other names for nasal consonants em (m) and en (n).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "engs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "eng (plural engs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 99",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 2 0 4 0 48 2 2 7 14 4 4 4 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 18 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 1 0 3 0 57 1 1 6 16 3 3 3 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 100",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Latin letter names",
"orig": "en:Latin letter names",
"parents": [
"Letter names",
"Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
"Names",
"Orthography",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Writing",
"Fundamental",
"Nouns",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Lemmas",
"Human",
"Communication"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 100",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Phonemes",
"orig": "en:Phonemes",
"parents": [
"Phonology",
"Linguistics",
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "feng"
},
{
"word": "heng"
}
],
"glosses": [
"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. ."
],
"id": "en-eng-en-noun-T08wrNqS",
"links": [
[
"ŋ",
"ŋ"
],
[
"IPA",
"International Phonetic Alphabet"
],
[
"running",
"running"
],
[
"rink",
"rink"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "agma"
},
{
"word": "engma"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɛŋ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eng.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-eng.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-eng.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-eng.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-eng.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛŋ"
}
],
"word": "eng"
}
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Dutch",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Pages with 18 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɛŋ",
"Rhymes:English/ɛŋ/1 syllable",
"en:Latin letter names",
"en:Phonemes"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nl",
"3": "eng",
"4": "",
"5": "narrow"
},
"expansion": "Dutch eng (“narrow”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "enge",
"4": "",
"5": "narrow"
},
"expansion": "Old English enge (“narrow”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*angī"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *angī",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*anguz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *anguz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "eng",
"3": "",
"4": "narrow"
},
"expansion": "Dutch eng (“narrow”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "eng",
"3": "",
"4": "narrow"
},
"expansion": "German eng (“narrow”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "enj",
"3": "",
"4": "confined, narrow"
},
"expansion": "Low German enj (“confined, narrow”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lb",
"2": "enk",
"3": "",
"4": "narrow"
},
"expansion": "Luxembourgish enk (“narrow”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Probably from Dutch eng (“narrow”), also compare Old English enge (“narrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *angī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *anguz.\nNo 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”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "eng",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with usage examples",
"Regional English"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The hole was too eng for him to get through.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Narrow."
],
"links": [
[
"regional",
"regional#English"
],
[
"Narrow",
"narrow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(regional, obsolete) Narrow."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"regional"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɛŋ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eng.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-eng.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-eng.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-eng.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-eng.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛŋ"
}
],
"word": "eng"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"Pages with 18 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɛŋ",
"Rhymes:English/ɛŋ/1 syllable",
"en:Latin letter names",
"en:Phonemes"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "feng"
},
{
"word": "heng"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Probably created in analogy with other names for nasal consonants em (m) and en (n).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "engs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "eng (plural engs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"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. ."
],
"links": [
[
"ŋ",
"ŋ"
],
[
"IPA",
"International Phonetic Alphabet"
],
[
"running",
"running"
],
[
"rink",
"rink"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɛŋ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eng.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-eng.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-eng.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-eng.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-eng.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛŋ"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "agma"
},
{
"word": "engma"
}
],
"word": "eng"
}
Download raw JSONL data for eng meaning in English (4.4kB)
{
"called_from": "linkages/371",
"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (ŋ): engma desc=ŋ rest=engma cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=True e2=True",
"path": [
"eng"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "eng",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.