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engineer

noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɛn(d)ʒɪˈnɪə/
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  • General-American: /ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪ(ə)ɹ/
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  • India: /ˈɪn.dʒɪ.ˈniː.jər/
  • India: /ɪnˈdʒiː.nɪ.jər/
  • rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 N JH AH0 N IH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A soldier engaged in designing or constructing military works for attack or defence, or other engineering works.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: also, figuratively

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A soldier in charge of operating a weapon; an artilleryman, a gunner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: also, figuratively, obsolete

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person professionally engaged in the technical design and construction of large-scale private and public works such as bridges, buildings, harbours, railways, roads, etc.; a civil engineer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally), a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A person trained to operate an engine.

A person who operates a steam engine; specifically (nautical), a person employed to operate the steam engine in the engine room of a ship.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: engineman

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A person trained to operate an engine.

A person who drives or operates a fire engine (firefighting apparatus).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, broadly

Topics: firefighting, government

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A person trained to operate an engine.

A person who drives or operates a locomotive; a train driver.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, broadly

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: footplateman

8

noun

Meaning 8

Preceded by a qualifying word: a person who uses abilities or knowledge to manipulate events or people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Examples

  • a political engineer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A person who formulates plots or schemes; a plotter, a schemer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, derogatory, often

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

An honorific title given to engineers before their name.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To employ one's abilities and knowledge as an engineer to design, construct, and/or maintain (something, such as a machine or a structure), usually for industrial or public use.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To use genetic engineering to alter or construct (a DNA sequence), or to alter (an organism).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: specifically, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile; to finagle, to wangle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To formulate plots or schemes; to plot, to scheme.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: machinate

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

To work as an engineer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: applied scientist, technologist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: aeronautical engineer, aerospace engineer, army engineer, military engineer, automotive engineer, civil engineer, electrical engineer, marine engineer, naval engineer, mechanical engineer, metallurgist, metallurgical engineer, mining engineer, programmer, computer programmer, coder, software engineer, rocket engineer, rocket scientist, surveyor, Daimler, Gottlieb Daimler, Diesel, Rudolf Diesel, Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel, Donkin, Bryan Donkin, Eiffel, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, Fuller, Buckminster Fuller, R. Buckminster Fuller, Richard Buckminster Fuller, Goethals, George Washington Goethals, Junkers, Hugo Junkers, Kettering, Charles Kettering, Charles Franklin Kettering, Leonardo, Leonardo da Vinci, da Vinci, Roebling, John Roebling, John Augustus Roebling, Shannon, Claude Shannon, Claude E. Shannon, Claude Elwood Shannon, Siemens, Karl Wilhelm Siemens, Sir Charles William Siemens, Sperry, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Trevithick, Richard Trevithick, Watson, Thomas Augustus Watson, Watt, James Watt

17

noun

Meaning 17

the operator of a railway locomotive

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: locomotive engineer, railroad engineer, engine driver

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: operator, manipulator

Narrower terms: Jones, Casey Jones, John Luther Jones

18

verb

Meaning 18

plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he masterminded the robbery

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mastermind, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: plan

Narrower terms: choreograph

19

verb

Meaning 19

design as an engineer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He engineered the water supply project

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: design, plan

History

Etymology

The noun is derived from: * Middle English enginour (“one who designs, constructs, or operates military works for attack or defence, etc.; machine designer”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman enginour, engigneour [and other forms], and Middle French and Old French engigneor, engigneour, engignier (“one who designs, constructs, or operates military works for attack or defence; architect; carpenter; craftsman; designer; planner; one who deceives or schemes”) (modern French ingénieur), from engin (“contraption, device; machine; invention; creativity, ingenuity; intelligence; deception, ruse, trickery”) + -eor, -or (suffix forming agent nouns); engin is derived from Latin ingenium (“innate or natural quality, nature; intelligence, natural capacity; ability, skill, talent; (Medieval Latin) engine; machine”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + gignere (the present active infinitive of gignō (“to bear, beget, give birth to; to cause, produce, yield”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- (“to beget, give birth to; to produce”)) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns); and * from engine + -er (occupational suffix); and * from engine + -eer (suffix forming nouns denoting people associated with, concerned with, or engaged in specified activities), possibly modelled after Middle French ingénieur (a variant of Middle French, Old French engigneour; see above), and Italian ingegniere (“engineer”) (obsolete; modern Italian ingegnere). The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Medieval Latin, Late Latin ingeniārius (“engineer”) * Medieval Latin ingeniator (“one constructing or using an engine”) * Old Occitan engenhador, enginhador * Portuguese engenhador (obsolete), engenheiro (“engineer”) * Spanish engeñero (obsolete), ingeniero (“engineer”)

Across languages

Translations

261 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: анџьныр (andžnər) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Afrikaans: ingenieur — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Albanian: inxhinier — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Albanian: inxhiniere — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Albanian: mendis — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Amharic: ኢንጂነር (ʾinǧinär) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Amharic: መሀንዲስ (mähändis) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Arabic: مُهَنْدِس (muhandis) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Arabic: مُهَنْدِسَة (muhandisa) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Arabic: مهندس (muhandis) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Arabic: مهندس (muhándes) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܚܵܪܵܐ (maḥḥārē) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܚܵܪܬܵܐ (maḥḥārtā) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Armenian: ինժեներ (inžener) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Armenian: ճարտարագետ (čartaraget) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Assamese: অভিযন্তা (obhizonta) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Asturian: inxenieru — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Azerbaijani: mühəndis — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Azerbaijani: injener — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Belarusian: інжыне́р (inžynjér) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Belarusian: інжыне́рка (inžynjérka) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Belarusian: інжынэ́р (inžynér) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Belarusian: інжынэ́рка (inžynérka) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Bengali: প্রকৌশলী (prokōusli) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Bulgarian: инжене́р (inženér) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Bulgarian: инжене́рка (inženérka) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Burmese: အင်ဂျင်နီယာ (anggyangniya) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Carpathian Rusyn: інжінї́р (inžinjír) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Catalan: enginyer — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Catalan: enginyera — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Chinese Cantonese: 工程師 /工程师 (gung1 cing4 si1) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Chinese Cantonese: 技師 /技师 (gei6 si1) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Chinese: 技師 /技师 (zh-min-nan) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Chinese: 工程師 /工程师 (zh-min-nan) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工程師 /工程师 (gōngchéngshī) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Chinese Mandarin: 技師 /技师 (jìshī) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Crimean Tatar: müendis — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Czech: inženýr — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Czech: inženýrka — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Danish: ingeniør — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Dutch: ingenieur — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Esperanto: inĝeniero — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Estonian: insener — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Faroese: verkfrøðingur — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Finnish: insinööri — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • French: ingénieur — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • French: ingénieure — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Galician: enxeñeiro — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Galician: enxeñeira — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Georgian: ინჟინერი (inžineri) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • German: Ingenieur — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • German: Ingenieurin — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Greek: μηχανικός (michanikós) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Greek: μηχανολόγος (michanológos) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Ancient Greek: μηχανικός (mēkhanikós) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Ancient Greek: μηχανοποιός (mēkhanopoiós) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Haitian Creole: enjenyè — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Hawaiian: ʻenekinia — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Hawaiian: wilikī — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Hebrew: מְהַנְדֵּס (m'handés) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Hindi: अभियंता (abhiyantā) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Hindi: अभियन्ता (abhiyantā) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Hindi: इंजीनियर (iñjīniyar) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Hungarian: mérnök — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Icelandic: verkfræðingur — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Indonesian: insinyur — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Ingrian: inženera — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Irish: innealtóir — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Italian: ingegnere — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Italian: ingegnera — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Japanese: エンジニア (enjinia) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Japanese: 技術者 (gijutsusha) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Japanese: 技師 (gishi) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Kazakh: инженер (injener) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Khmer: វិស្វករ (vɨhsvaʼkɑɑ) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Korean: 엔지니어 (enjinieo) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Korean: 기사 (gisa) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Korean: 기술자 (gisulja) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Korean: 공학자 (gonghakja) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Korean: 공정사 (gongjeongsa) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Central Kurdish: ئەندازیار (endazyar) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Northern Kurdish: endazyar — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Northern Kurdish: mihendis — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Kyrgyz: инженер (injener) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Ladino: injeniero — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Ladino: moendiz — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Lao: ນາຍຊ່າງ (nāi sāng) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Lao: ສະຖາປະນິກ (sa thā pa nik) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Lao: ວິດສະວະກອນ (wit sa wa kǭn) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Latin: māchinātor — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Latvian: inženieris — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Latvian: inženiere — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Ligurian: inzegnê — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Lithuanian: inžinierius — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Lithuanian: inžiniẽrė — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Luxembourgish: Ingenieur — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Luxembourgish: Ingenieurin — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Macedonian: инжене́р (inženér) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Macedonian: инжене́рка (inženérka) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Malay: insinyur — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Malay: jurutera — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Maltese: inġinier — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Manx: jeshaghteyr — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Marathi: इंजिनियर (iñjiniyar) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Mauritian Creole: inzenier — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Mongolian: инженер (inžener) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Neapolitan: 'ngigniére — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Norman: înginnieux — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ingeniør — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ingeniør — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Occitan: engenhaire — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Pannonian Rusyn: инженєр (inženjer) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Pashto: انجينر (enjinár) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Pashto: مهندس (mohandés) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Dari: اِنْجِنِیر (injinīr) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Dari: مُهَنْدِس (muhandis) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Iranian Persian: مُهَنْدِس (mohandes) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Iranian Persian: اِنْجِنیر (enjenir) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Iranian Persian: مُهَنْدِز (mohandez) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Piedmontese: ingegné — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Polish: inżynier — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Polish: inżynierka — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Portuguese: engenheiro — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Portuguese: engenheira — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Romanian: inginer — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Romanian: ingineră — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Russian: инжене́р (inženér) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Russian: инжене́рка (inženérka) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Russian: инжене́рша (inženérša) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Samoan: 'inisinia — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Sanskrit: अभियन्तृ (abhiyantṛ) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Scots: ingineer — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Scottish Gaelic: einnseanair — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Scottish Gaelic: innleadair — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Serbo-Croatian: инжѐње̄р — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Serbo-Croatian: инжѐње̄рка — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Serbo-Croatian: inžènjēr — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Serbo-Croatian: inžènjērka — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Sicilian: ncigneri — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Sinhalese: මැවිසුරු (mæwisuru) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Slovak: inžinier — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Slovak: inžinierka — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Slovene: inženir — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Slovene: inženirka — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Lower Sorbian: inženjer — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Lower Sorbian: inženjerka — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Upper Sorbian: inženjer — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Spanish: ingeniero — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Spanish: ingeniera — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Swahili: injinia — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Swahili: mhandisi class l — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Swedish: ingenjör — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Tagalog: inhinyero — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Tajik: инженер (inžener) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Tajik: муҳандис (muhandis) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Tamil: பொறியாளர் (poṟiyāḷar) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Tatar: инженер (injener) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Tatar: мөхәндис (möxändis) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Telugu: ఇంజనీర్ (iñjanīr) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Telugu: యంత్రకారుడు (yantrakāruḍu) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Thai: วิศวกร (wít-sà-wá-gɔɔn) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Tigrinya: መሃንድስ (mähandəs) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Turkish: kıvcı — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Turkish: mühendis — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Ottoman Turkish: مهندس (mühendis) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Turkmen: injener — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Turkmen: inžener — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Ukrainian: інжене́р (inženér) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Ukrainian: інжене́рка (inženérka) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Urdu: اِن٘جِینِئَر (iñjīniar) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Urdu: مُہَنْدِس (muhandis) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Uyghur: ئىنژېنېر (inzhënër) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Uzbek: injener — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Uzbek: muhandis — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Vietnamese: kĩ sư or kỹ sư — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Welsh: peiriannwr — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Welsh: peiriannydd — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Yakut: инженер (inzhener) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Yiddish: אינזשעניר (inzhenir) — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Yoruba: ẹn̄jiníà — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Yoruba: ẹlẹ́rọ — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Zhuang: gunghcwngzswh — person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; (more generally) a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so
  • Norwegian Bokmål: maskinist — person employed in the engine room of a ship to operate its steam engine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: maskinsjef — person employed in the engine room of a ship to operate its steam engine
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: maskinist — person employed in the engine room of a ship to operate its steam engine
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: maskinsjef — person employed in the engine room of a ship to operate its steam engine
  • Polish: maszynista — person employed in the engine room of a ship to operate its steam engine
  • Polish: maszynistka — person employed in the engine room of a ship to operate its steam engine
  • Swedish: maskinist — person employed in the engine room of a ship to operate its steam engine
  • Polish: kierowca wozu strażackiego — person who drives or operates a fire engine
  • Azerbaijani: maşinist — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Belarusian: машыні́ст (mašyníst) — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Bulgarian: машини́ст (mašiníst) — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 司機 /司机 (sījī) — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Danish: lokofører — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Danish: lokomotivfører — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Dutch: machinist — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Dutch: treinbestuurder — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Finnish: veturinkuljettaja — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • French: conducteur de train — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • French: machiniste — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Galician: maquinista — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • German: Lokomotivführer — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • German: Lokomotivführerin — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • German: Maschinist — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • German: Maschinistin — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Greek: μηχανικός (michanikós) — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Hungarian: masiniszta — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Hungarian: mozdonyvezető — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Italian: macchinista — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Japanese: 機関士 (kikanshi) — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Korean: 기관사 (gigwansa) — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Macedonian: машиновозач (mašinovozač) — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Polish: maszynista — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Polish: maszynistka — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Portuguese: maquinista — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Romanian: mecanic — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Russian: машини́ст (mašiníst) — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Serbo-Croatian: машиновођа — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Serbo-Croatian: стројовођа — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Serbo-Croatian: влаковођа — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Serbo-Croatian: возовођа — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Serbo-Croatian: mašinovođa — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Serbo-Croatian: strojovođa — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Serbo-Croatian: vlakovođa — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Serbo-Croatian: vozovođa — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Sicilian: machinista — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Spanish: maquinista — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Swedish: lokförare — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Tagalog: makinista — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Tigrinya: መራሕ ባቡር (märaḥ babur) — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Turkish: makinist — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Ukrainian: машині́ст (mašyníst) — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Uzbek: mashinist — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Vietnamese: người phụ trách máy — person who drives or operates a locomotive
  • Polish: manipulator — person who uses abilities or knowledge to manipulate events or people
  • Polish: manipulatorka — person who uses abilities or knowledge to manipulate events or people
  • Polish: konstruować — to employ one’s knowledge and skills as an engineer to design, construct, and/or maintain (something, such as a machine or a structure), usually for industrial or public use
  • Polish: skonstruować — to employ one’s knowledge and skills as an engineer to design, construct, and/or maintain (something, such as a machine or a structure), usually for industrial or public use
  • Polish: modyfikować geny — to use genetic engineering to alter or construct (a DNA sequence), or to alter (an organism)
  • Polish: zmodyfikować geny — to use genetic engineering to alter or construct (a DNA sequence), or to alter (an organism)
  • Spanish: manipular genéticamente — to use genetic engineering to alter or construct (a DNA sequence), or to alter (an organism)
  • Armenian: նախագծել (naxagcel) — to plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile — see also finagle, wangle
  • Finnish: suunnitella — to plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile — see also finagle, wangle
  • Finnish: juonia — to plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile — see also finagle, wangle
  • Finnish: junailla — to plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile — see also finagle, wangle
  • Greek: εξυφαίνω (exyfaíno) — to plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile — see also finagle, wangle
  • Hebrew: הינדס (hindés) — to plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile — see also finagle, wangle
  • Polish: kombinować — to plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile — see also finagle, wangle
  • Polish: skombinować — to plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile — see also finagle, wangle
  • Portuguese: maquinar — to plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile — see also finagle, wangle
  • Armenian: նախագծել (naxagcel) — to work as engineer
  • Finnish: suunnitella — to work as engineer
  • Finnish: toteuttaa — to work as engineer
  • Greek: απεργάζομαι (apergázomai) — to work as engineer
  • Greek: χαλκεύω (chalkévo) — to work as engineer
  • Greek: εξυφαίνω (exyfaíno) — to work as engineer
  • Greek: σκαρώνω (skaróno) — to work as engineer
  • Norman: înginnyi — to work as engineer
  • Polish: pracować jako inżynier — to work as engineer
  • Yiddish: אויסאינזשענירן (oysinzhenirn) — to work as engineer
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