s’ingénier, v.r., to strive, to tax one’s ingenuity; to work one’s hardest; to work for all one is worth. Je m’ingénie à le faire; I work my hardest to accomplish it.
ingénieur, n.m., engineer. — civil; civil engineer. — constructeur de vaisseaux; master-shipwright, naval architect. Art de l’—; engineering. — des mines; mining engineer. — des ponts et chaussées; civil engineer (under government) for bridges and roads in France. —-géographe, (—s-—s) geographer. —-opticien, (—s-—s) optician.
ingénieusement, adv., ingeniously.
ingénieu-x, -se, adj., ingenious, intelligent, clever, witty. — à mentir; practised in the art of falsehood.
ingéniosité, n.f., ingenuity, ingeniousness.
ingénu, -e, adj., ingenuous, frank, open, candid.
ingénu, n.m., -e, n.f., ingenuous person, artless person, simple-minded youth or maiden. Jouer les —s; (theat.) to play juvenile parts. Faire l’—; to affect simplicity.
ingénuité, n.f., ingenuousness, frankness, openness, candidness, simplicity.
ingénument, adj., ingenuously, frankly, openly, candidly.
ingerçable, adj., not liable to crack.