"ingénieux" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /ɛ̃.ʒe.njø/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-ingénieux.wav Forms: ingénieuse [feminine], ingénieux [masculine, plural], ingénieuses [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From Middle French [Term?], a semi-learned term based on Latin ingeniōsus (“endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius”), from ingenium (“innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius”), from in (“in”) + gignere (“to produce”), Old Latin genere. Old French [Term?] had engignos (1160) and engenious (early 13c.), also from Latin. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|frm}} Middle French [Term?], {{der|fr|la|ingeniōsus||endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius}} Latin ingeniōsus (“endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius”), {{m|la|ingenium||innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius}} ingenium (“innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius”), {{m|la|in||in}} in (“in”), {{m|la|gignere||to produce}} gignere (“to produce”), {{der|fr|itc-ola|genere}} Old Latin genere, {{inh|fr|fro}} Old French [Term?], {{m|fro|engignos}} engignos, {{m|fro|engenious}} engenious Head templates: {{fr-adj}} ingénieux (feminine ingénieuse, masculine plural ingénieux, feminine plural ingénieuses)
  1. ingenious Categories (topical): Personality Derived forms: ingénieusement, ingéniosité
    Sense id: en-ingénieux-fr-adj-k0GL6ZiJ Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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