noun
- Plural of eng; the letter ŋ (called engma or eng), used in phonetic notation to represent the velar nasal sound.
Usage: linguistics; phonetics
Examples
- The phonetic alphabet uses engs to denote the ng sound in words like 'sing' and 'ring'.
- Linguists write engs in brackets to show how certain consonants are pronounced.
- The symbol for engs appears frequently in dictionaries that include phonetic transcriptions.