adj
Meaning 1
Narrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, regional
Examples
- The hole was too eng for him to get through.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ɛŋ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɛŋ
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
Abbreviation of England
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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name
Meaning 4
Abbreviation of England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 6
The velar nasal consonant found in such words as song or wink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: agma, engma
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Initialism of electronic newsgathering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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History
Etymology
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”).
Probably created by analogy with other names for nasal consonants em (m) and en (n).
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Russian: энг (eng) — Translations