engin

engin [ɑ̃ʒɛ̃]

1. masculine noun

   a. ( = machine) machine ; ( = outil) tool ; ( = véhicule) heavy vehicle ; ( = avion) aircraft ; ( = missile) missile

   b. ( = objet) (inf) gadget ; ( = bombe) (inf) bomb

2. compounds

► engin blindé armoured vehicle

► engin explosif explosive device

► engin spatial spacecraft

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{{+1}}! engin ≠ engine

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ɑ̃ʒɛ̃

nom masculin

1) (machine, objet, instrument) device

qu'est-ce que c'est que cet engin? — (colloq) what's that contraption?

2) (véhicule) vehicle; (machine) piece of equipment

engins de levage — lifting equipment

3) Armée (missile) missile; (bombe) device; (véhicule) vehicle

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ɑ̃ʒɛ̃ nm

1) piece of machinery, piece of equipment

engin agricole — piece of agricultural machinery

engins agricoles — agricultural machinery

engin de levage — piece of lifting equipment

2) (d'exploration, à moteur) vehicle

3) péjoratif contraption

4) AVIATION (= avion) aircraft inv

5) MILITAIRE (= missile) missile

engin blindé — armoured vehicle Grande-Bretagne armored vehicle USA

engin explosif — explosive device

engins spéciaux — missiles

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engin nm

1 (machine, objet, instrument) device; engin de chasse/pêche hunting/fishing device; qu'est-ce que c'est que cet engin○? what's that contraption?;

2 Constr, Transp (véhicule) vehicle; (grosse machine) piece of equipment; engins de levage/manutention lifting/handling equipment; engin de terrassement earth-moving vehicle;

3 Mil (missile) missile; (bombe) device; (véhicule) vehicle; (matériel du génie) equipment ¢; engins de guerre weapons of war.

[ɑ̃ʒɛ̃] nom masculin

1. [appareil] machine, appliance

engin agricole piece of farm machinery

engins de levage lifting gears

engin de manutention conveyor, handling equipment

2. ASTRONAUTIQUE

engin spatial spacecraft

3. MILITAIRE weaponry

4. (familier) [chose] contraption, thingamabob, thingamajig

5. (très familier) [pénis] tool (très familier)