Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eng

/ɛŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: eng
IPA: /ɛŋ/

4

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

noun

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.

noun

The velar nasal consonant found in such words as song or wink.

name

name

Abbreviation of England

name

Abbreviation of England.

noun

Initialism of electronic newsgathering.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The hole was too eng for him to get through."

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”).

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: eng, enge, *angī, *anguz

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɛŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

engs (plural)

Derived Forms

feng heng

Phrases

West Eng

Synonyms

agma engma

Rhymes With

ng feng cheng peng deng meng jeong zheng sheng seng teng leong

Questions

How do you pronounce eng?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛŋ/.
What does eng mean?: Narrow.
Where does eng come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

How to pronounce eng

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