eng

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Scrabble points: 4
Words With Friends: 6
Letters: 3

Pronunciation

/ɛŋ/(US)

Definition of eng

7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

(obsolete, regional)Narrow.

“The hole was too eng for him to get through.”

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adj

(obsolete, regional)Narrow.

“The hole was too eng for him to get through.”

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.
The velar nasal consonant found in such words as song or wink.
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of electronic newsgathering.

name

A surname.
(abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of England
(abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of England.

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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”).