engineering

English

Etymology

engineer +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛn(d)ʒɪˈnɪə.ɹɪŋ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɛn.d͡ʒɪˈnɪ(ə)ɹ.ɪŋ/
- Audio (US): (file)

Verb

engineering

present participle and gerund of engineer

Noun

engineering (usually uncountable, plural engineerings)

(uncountable) The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to the needs of humanity and the development of technology.
- 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
  One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.
The area aboard a ship where the engine is located.
Actions controling the motion, shape, and/or substance of any physical object(s).
Designates office area of the professional engineering staff.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

application of science to the needs of humanity

Albanian: inxhinieri (sq) f
Arabic: هَنْدَسَة (ar) f (handasa)
Egyptian Arabic: هندسة f (handasa)
Armenian: ճարտարագիտություն (čartaragitutʻyun), տեխնիկա (hy) (texnika)
Assamese: অভিযান্ত্ৰিক বিদ্যা (obhizantrik biidda)
Basque: ingeniaritza
Bengali: প্রকৌশল (bn) (prokōuśol)
Bishnupriya Manipuri: প্রকৌশল
Catalan: enginyeria (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 工程 (zh) (gōngchéng)
Czech: inženýrství n
Danish: ingeniørvidenskab c
Dutch: ingenieurswetenschap f
Esperanto: inĝenierarto
Finnish: tekniikka (fi), insinööritaito
French: ingénierie (fr) f, génie (fr)
Galician: enxeñaría (gl) f
Georgian: საინჟინრო მეცნიერება (sainžinro mecniereba), ინჟინერია (inžineria)
German: (as a theoretical science) Ingenieurwissenschaft (de) f; (otherwise) Ingenieurwesen (de) n; (among professionals also) Engineering (de) n
Greek: μηχανική (el) f (michanikí)
Gujarati: અભિયાંત્રિકી (abhiyā̃trikī)
Hawaiian: wilikī
Hebrew: הַנְדָּסָה (he) f (handasá)
Hindi: अभियांत्रिकी f (abhiyāntrikī)
Hungarian: mérnöki tudomány (hu), műszaki tudomány
Ido: injeniorarto (io)
Indonesian: teknik (id), rekayasa (id)
Inuktitut: ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅ (titiraoyaq)
Irish: innealtóireacht f
Italian: ingegneria (it) f
Japanese: 工学 (ja) (こうがく, kōgaku), 工務 (ja) (こうむ, kōmu), エンジニアリング (ja) (enjiniaringu)
Javanese: ꦫꦺꦏꦪꦱ (rékayasa)
Korean: 공학(工學) (ko) (gonghak), 엔지니어링 (enjinieoring)
Lao: ວິສະວະກຳສາດ (wi sa wa kam sāt)
Macedonian: инжене́рство n (inženérstvo)
Maithili: अभियांत्रिकी (abhiyāntrikī)
Malay: kejuruteraan (ms)
Maori: mātai pūhanga
Marathi: अभियांत्रिकी (abhiyāntrikī)
Nepali: अभियांत्रिकी (abhiyāntrikī)
Norman: înginn'nie f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ingeniørvitenskap m
Occitan: engenhariá (oc) f
Odia: ବୈଷୟିକ ବିଜ୍ଞାନ (or) (baishayika bijñāna)
Persian: مهندسی (fa) (mohandesi)
Polish: inżynieria (pl) f
Portuguese: engenharia (pt) f
Romanian: inginerie (ro) f
Russian: те́хника (ru) f (téxnika), инжене́рия (ru) f (inženérija), разрабо́тка (ru) f (razrabótka), инжини́ринг (ru) m (inžiníring), проекти́рование (ru) n (projektírovanije)
Scots: ingineerin
Scottish Gaelic: (mechanical) einnseanaireachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: inženjering (sh) m, tehnika (sh) f, inženjerstvo (sh) sg or n
Slovak: inžinierstvo n
Slovene: inženirstvo n
Spanish: ingeniería (es) f
Sundanese: ᮛᮦᮊᮚᮞ (rékayasa)
Swahili: uhandisi
Swedish: ingenjörskonst c, ingenjörsvetenskap (sv) c
Tagalog: agsikapan, inhenyeriya
Tamil: பொறியியல் (ta) (poṟiyiyal)
Thai: วิศวกรรมศาสตร์ (th) (wít-sà-wá-gam-má-sàat)
Welsh: peirianneg f, peirianyddiaeth f
Yiddish: אינזשענעריע f (inzhenerye)

work of an engineer

Arabic: هَنْدَسَة (ar) f (handasa)
Armenian: ճարտարագիտություն (čartaragitutʻyun)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 工程 (zh) (gōngchéng), 工程學／工程学 (zh) (gōngchéngxué)
Finnish: insinöörityö (fi)
French: ingénierie (fr) f
Galician: enxeñaría (gl) f
German: Ingenieurwesen (de) f; (among professionals also) Engineering (de) n
Hebrew: הַנְדָּסָה (he) f (handasá)
Indonesian: teknik (id), rekayasa (id)
Irish: innealtóireacht f
Italian: ingegneria (it) f
Japanese: 工学 (ja) (こうがく, kōgaku), 工務 (ja) (こうむ, kōmu), エンジニアリング (ja) (enjiniaringu)
Norman: înginn'nie f
Portuguese: engenharia (pt) f
Romanian: inginerie (ro) f
Russian: инжене́рное иску́сство n (inženérnoje iskússtvo), инжене́рное де́ло n (inženérnoje délo), машинострое́ние (ru) n (mašinostrojénije), инжини́ринг (ru) m (inžiníring)
Thai: วิศวกรรม (th) (wít-sà-wá-gam)
Turkish: mühendislik (tr)
Welsh: peirianneg f, peirianyddiaeth f

profession

Chinese:
Mandarin: 工程 (zh) (gōngchéng), 工程學／工程学 (zh) (gōngchéngxué)
Czech: inženýrství n
Finnish: tekniikka (fi), tekniikan ala
French: ingénierie (fr) f
Galician: enxeñaría (gl) f
Georgian: საინჟინრო ხელოვნება (sainžinro xelovneba), მანქანათმშენებლობა (mankanatmšenebloba)
German: Ingenieurwesen (de) n, Ingenieurberuf m
Greek: μηχανολογία (el) f (michanología)
Hebrew: הַנְדָּסָה (he) f (handasá)
Ido: injeniorarto (io)
Indonesian: teknik (id)
Irish: innealtóireacht f
Italian: ingegneria (it) f
Japanese: 工学 (ja) (こうがく, kōgaku)
Norman: înginn'nie f
Portuguese: engenharia (pt) f
Russian: инжене́рное де́ло n (inženérnoje délo), машинострое́ние (ru) n (mašinostrojénije), инжини́ринг (ru) m (inžiníring)
Thai: วิศวกรรมศาสตร์ (th) (wít-sà-wá-gam-má-sàat)

area aboard a ship where the engine is located

Chinese:
Mandarin: 引擎房, 引擎室, 引擎艙／引擎舱
Czech: strojovna f
Finnish: konehuone (fi)
French: salle des machines (fr) f
German: Maschinenraum (de) m
Greek: μηχανοστάσιο (el) n (michanostásio)
Italian: sala macchine
Romanian: sala mașinilor f
Russian: маши́нное отделе́ние n (mašínnoje otdelénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: strojarnica (sh) f
Spanish: sala de máquinas f

References

engineering on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English engineering.

Noun

engineering n (uncountable)

engineering

Declension

declension of engineering (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) engineering	engineeringul
genitive/dative	(unui) engineering	engineeringului
vocative	engineeringule

References

engineering in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

engineering

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