What does "eng" mean?
The name of the Latin script letter Ŋ/ŋ, formed by combining the letters n and g, used in the IPA, Sami, Mende, and some Australian aboriginal languages.
Eng
/ɛŋ/ adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The name of the Latin script letter Ŋ/ŋ, formed by combining the letters n and g, used in the IPA, Sami, Mende, and some Australian aboriginal languages.
- Grammar: eng is listed as adj, name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: discipline, engineering, english, english language.
- Useful contrasts: arts, humanities.
- Usage evidence: They have taken the two brothers and filled Chang full of warm water and sugar and Eng full of whisky, and in twenty-five minutes it was not possible to tell which was the drunkest.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The name of the Latin script letter Ŋ/ŋ, formed by combining the letters n and g, used in the IPA, Sami, Mende, and some Australian aboriginal languages.
- 2 Initialism of electronic newsgathering. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
- 3 The velar nasal consonant found in such words as song or wink.
Adjective
- 1 Narrow. obsolete, regional
"The hole was too eng for him to get through."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
- 2 Abbreviation of England. abbreviation, alt-of
- 3 Abbreviation of England abbreviation, alt-of
Synonyms
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Example
"They have taken the two brothers and filled Chang full of warm water and sugar and Eng full of whisky, and in twenty-five minutes it was not possible to tell which was the drunkest."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "eng"?
Common synonyms include: discipline, engineering, english, english language.
How do you use "eng" in a sentence?
They have taken the two brothers and filled Chang full of warm water and sugar and Eng full of whisky, and in twenty-five minutes it was not possible to tell which was the drunkest.
How do you pronounce "eng"?
Pronounced /ɛŋ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Probably from Dutch eng (“narrow”), also compare Old English enge (“narrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *angī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *anguz. No mention of the word is found in any surviving Middle English text, save for the Middle English compound word ang-nail. Related to Dutch eng (“narrow”), German eng (“narrow”), Low German enj (“confined, narrow”), Luxembourgish enk (“narrow”).
Etymology 2
Probably created by analogy with other names for nasal consonants em (m) and en (n).
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