inxhinier

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • inxhiner, inxhenjer — archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from French ingénieur. The second -i- is the original of Old French engigneor, preserved in the base noun engin, as well as Romanian inginer, Macedonian инжињер (inžinjer), Serbo-Croatian inžìnjēr／инжѝње̄р, English engineer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ind͡ʒiˈnjeɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ

Noun

inxhinier m (plural inxhinierë); feminine equivalent inxhiniere

  1. engineer
    Synonym: mendis (archaic)

Derived terms
  • inxhinieri

References
  • “inxhiniér,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 728b
  • Dashi, B. (2013) “ingegnere”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 242
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