ingenious

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Signification (Anglais)

  1. Displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.
  2. Characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or done.
  3. Showing originality or sagacity; witty.

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs/
Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Middle French ingénieux, from Old French engenious, from 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. See also engine.

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