ingegneristico

engineering (adj.)

adjective een-jeh-nyeh-REES-tee-koh Rare

Usage Note

Ingegneristico is the adjective form of ingegneria (engineering) — un progetto ingegneristico means an engineering project. It is a technical or journalistic register term; the simpler phrase di ingegneria is equally correct and more common in speech. Note the double 'g' and the gn digraph: 'gn' is pronounced 'ny'.

Examples

"La soluzione ingegneristica è stata molto apprezzata."

Natural Translation

The engineering solution was greatly appreciated.

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