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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

엔진

Pronunciation / Transliteration: enjin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Engine/ˈɛn.dʒɪn/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #650 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"차량의 엔진이 고장났습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A machine designed to convert energy into mechanical motion.

    "The car's engine roared to life as she turned the key in the ignition."
  2. 2

    A person or thing that causes something to happen or develop.

    "He was the driving engine behind the project's success."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French word 'engin', which comes from the Latin 'ingenium', meaning innate quality or invention/cleverness. Over the centuries, the meaning shifted from a clever device or war machine during the medieval period to its modern mechanical definition following the Industrial Revolution.

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