"engelang" meaning in English

See engelang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛnd͡ʒˌlæŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-engelang.wav Forms: engelangs [plural]
Etymology: Blend of engineered + language. By surface analysis, suffixed with -lang. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|engineered|language}} Blend of engineered + language, {{surf}} By surface analysis, {{af|en|-lang}} -lang Head templates: {{en-noun}} engelang (plural engelangs)
  1. (conlanging) A language designed to test or prove hypotheses about language; an engineered language. Wikipedia link: Engineered language Categories (topical): Conlanging

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "engineered",
        "3": "language"
      },
      "expansion": "Blend of engineered + language",
      "name": "blend"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "By surface analysis",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-lang"
      },
      "expansion": "-lang",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of engineered + language. By surface analysis, suffixed with -lang.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "engelangs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "engelang (plural engelangs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English blends",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -lang",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Conlanging",
          "orig": "en:Conlanging",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Language",
            "Society",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A language designed to test or prove hypotheses about language; an engineered language."
      ],
      "id": "en-engelang-en-noun-eCEWYEt5",
      "links": [
        [
          "conlanging",
          "conlanging"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ],
        [
          "engineered",
          "engineered"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(conlanging) A language designed to test or prove hypotheses about language; an engineered language."
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Engineered language"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛnd͡ʒˌlæŋ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-engelang.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Sapaa-engelang.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Sapaa-engelang.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Sapaa-engelang.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Sapaa-engelang.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "engelang"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "engineered",
        "3": "language"
      },
      "expansion": "Blend of engineered + language",
      "name": "blend"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "By surface analysis",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-lang"
      },
      "expansion": "-lang",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Blend of engineered + language. By surface analysis, suffixed with -lang.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "engelangs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "engelang (plural engelangs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English blends",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms suffixed with -lang",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Conlanging"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A language designed to test or prove hypotheses about language; an engineered language."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conlanging",
          "conlanging"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ],
        [
          "engineered",
          "engineered"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(conlanging) A language designed to test or prove hypotheses about language; an engineered language."
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Engineered language"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛnd͡ʒˌlæŋ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-engelang.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Sapaa-engelang.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Sapaa-engelang.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Sapaa-engelang.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Sapaa-engelang.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "engelang"
}

Download raw JSONL data for engelang meaning in English (1.6kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: conlanging",
  "path": [
    "engelang"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "engelang",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: conlanging",
  "path": [
    "engelang"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "engelang",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-21 using wiktextract (7c21d10 and f2e72e5). 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.