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eng¹
- /ɛŋ/ US
Rhymes with -ɛŋ
Where it comes from
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”).
adjective
- Narrow. The hole was too eng for him to get through.
eng²
- /ɛŋ/ US
Rhymes with -ɛŋ
Where it comes from
Probably created by analogy with other names for nasal consonants em (m) and en (n).
Eng³
proper noun
- A surname.
- Abbreviation of England
ENG⁴
proper noun
- Abbreviation of England
noun
- Initialism of electronic newsgathering
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: narrow, restricted, restrictive, tight, strict, close, much, ops, aps, engineer, spa, ref, engine, fra, ing, frc
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Talk about this word "eng." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/eng. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. eng. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/eng "eng." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/eng.Cite this
@misc{eng_2026,
title = {eng},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/eng},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
