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Borrowed from Middle French ingénieux, from Old French engenious, from Latin ingeniōsus (“endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius”), from ingenium (“innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius”), from in- (“in”) + gignere (“to produce”), Old Latin genere. See also engine.

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عَبْقَرِيّ (ʕabqariyy) — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Bulgarian: изобретателен (izobretatelen) — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Bulgarian: находчив (nahodčiv) — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Catalan: enginyós — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Chinese Mandarin: 有发明才能的 — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Czech: důmyslný — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Danish: opfindsomt — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Dutch: ingenieus — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Finnish: nerokas — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• French: ingénieux — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Galician: enxeñoso — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• German: ingeniös — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• German: genial — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• German: einfallsreich — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• German: originell — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• German: findig — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Greek: εφευρετικός (efevretikós) — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Ancient Greek: εὑρετικός (heuretikós) — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Ancient Greek: εὐπάλαμος (eupálamos) — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Ancient Greek: φρενοτέκτων (phrenotéktōn) — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Hungarian: találékony — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Italian: ingegnoso — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Polish: pomysłowy — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Portuguese: engenhoso — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Romanian: cu iscusință — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Romanian: iscusit — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Romanian: ingenios — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Russian: изобрета́тельный (izobretátelʹnyj) — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Russian: нахо́дчивый (naxódčivyj) — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Sanskrit: चतुर (catura) — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Scottish Gaelic: seòlta — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Scottish Gaelic: teòma — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Sicilian: strummintusu — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Spanish: ingenioso — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Swedish: finurlig — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Swedish: snillrik — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Turkish: yaratıcı — displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
• Arabic: عَبْقَرِيّ (ʕabqariyy) — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Bulgarian: изкусен (izkusen) — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Catalan: enginyós — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Chinese Cantonese: 巧妙 (haau2 miu6) — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Chinese: 巧妙 (khá-biāu) — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Chinese Mandarin: 聪明的 — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Chinese Mandarin: 巧妙 (qiǎomiào) — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Czech: geniální — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Danish: opfindsomt — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Esperanto: genia — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Finnish: nerokas — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• French: ingénieux — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• German: clever — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• German: geschickt gemacht — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• German: einfallsreich — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• German: findig — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Greek: μεγαλοφυής (megalofyís) — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Ancient Greek: εὐπάλαμος (eupálamos) — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Polish: pomysłowy — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Portuguese: engenhoso — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Romanian: genial — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Russian: хитроу́мный (xitroúmnyj) — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Russian: оригина́льный (originálʹnyj) — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Scottish Gaelic: seòlta — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Scottish Gaelic: teòma — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Sicilian: strummintusu — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Spanish: ingenioso — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Swedish: finurlig — characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
• Bulgarian: остроумен (ostroumen) — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Catalan: enginyós — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Chinese Mandarin: 热情的 — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Chinese Mandarin: 独创的 — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Dutch: vernuftig — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Finnish: terävä — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Finnish: nokkela — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• German: findig — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• German: geistreich — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• German: einfallsreich — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• German: geistsprühend — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• German: geistvoll — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• German: ideenreich — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• German: originell — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Greek: πολυμήχανος (polymíchanos) — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Greek: δαιμόνιος (daimónios) — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Hungarian: leleményes — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Russian: остроумный (ostroumnyj) — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Russian: оригинальный (originalʹnyj) — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Russian: затейливый (zatejlivyj) — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Russian: замысловатый (zamyslovatyj) — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Sanskrit: चतुर (catura) — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Scottish Gaelic: seòlta — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Scottish Gaelic: teòma — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
• Spanish: ingenioso — witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious