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# How to pronounce "ingenui" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ɪndʒɛnʌɪ/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **in·ge·nu·i**

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- In civil law, a class of freemen who were born free. They were distinguished from the class known as liberti or libertini who, born slaves, had afterwards legally obtained their freedom.

### Example Sentences
- "Ingenuity got only 80 million, which is less than the budget of the movie The Martian."
- "Ingenuity's new mission is to assist Perseverance in the search for evidence of ancient life on Mars."

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "ingenui" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "Most projects to Mars get billions of dollars. Ingenuity got only 80 million, which is less than the budget of the movie The Martian. But this scrappy team of scientists were working to prove a crazy concept."
- **Watch at 1:40**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20vUNgRdB4o&t=100s)

### Example 2
> "Ingenuity's new mission is to assist Perseverance in the search for evidence of ancient life on Mars."
- **Watch at 3:38**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20vUNgRdB4o&t=218s)

### Example 3
> "Ingenuity's computer analyzes the image and identifies features on the surface."
- **Watch at 5:29**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20vUNgRdB4o&t=329s)

### Example 4
> "took an unstable uncertain food supply and fixed it human resourcefulness human Ingenuity has created a stable reliable food supply we just overshot it's far too big far too diverse far too stable everywhere we go we have tasty calories"
- **Watch at 3:04**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQjtz3iO6Kw&t=184s)

### Example 5
> "So I'm going to now switch to a different kind of topic that you brought up earlier about AI and the history of AI replacing human ingenuity and what humans can do, that's really what it was. One potential consequence of that is widening social inequality."
- **Watch at 18:49**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZorDrCv-05s&t=1129s)

### Example 6
> "picture today is the greatest media expression the world has ever known, capable of giving life and form to all ideas practical and emotional, it's only limitation is human ingenuity. Great quote; probably summarizes most of our view about film today. It's really pretty amazing medium, it's kind of fun to watch the Oscars on Sunday night and see everything that's going on in the world of film lately."
- **Watch at 3:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRhk4IrT9FU&t=223s)

### Example 7
> "poor can live together and advance together and prosper together across every conceivable difference when you can create those conditions that's where ingenuity happens that's where the innovative spirit collides with the creative talents of people from every conceivable background that's where magic occurs that's where the private sector flourishes that's where the public sector flourishes that's the only reason because it doesn't make sense when you"
- **Watch at 15:58**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTP6YpEoupY&t=958s)

### Example 8
> "engineering it to solve real-world problems under real-world deadlines and resource constraints where science meets engineering is where brilliant simple ingenuity emerges people who work adjoining it to have a lot of wisdom earned two failures and eventual success David is also the founder CEO and chief"
- **Watch at 0:26**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whtt2H5_isM&t=26s)

### Example 9
> "for me it was the first brush in my life with anything it was my first brush with something that my ingenuity my determination my ambition my intelligence my problem solving could not i'd always found whatever was going on in my life i could fix it i couldn't fix it and in that sense it sort of became my first brush with"
- **Watch at 45:14**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZt1acKg_bI&t=2714s)

### Example 10
> "data through pers perseverance so right now perseverance is staying where it is and it will make sure we have every single bit of the precious data from Ingenuity down and then once that's finished perseverance will then drive away and continue uh to do its its sort of Traverse of of miles and taking more samples extraordinary Nikki Fox good to talk to you we'll be right back"
- **Watch at 4:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23kHHZ15qaY&t=279s)


## How to Pronounce "ingenui"

- **Syllables**: in · ge · nu · i
- **IPA**: `/ɪndʒɛnʌɪ/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “ingenui”?
“ingenui” is pronounced /ɪndʒɛnʌɪ/ (in · ge · nu · i). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “ingenui”?
“ingenui” has 4 syllables: in · ge · nu · i.

### What does “ingenui” mean?
In civil law, a class of freemen who were born free. They were distinguished from the class known as liberti or libertini who, born slaves, had afterwards legally obtained their freedom.

### How can I hear “ingenui” used in real sentences?
This page has 15 real-world video examples of “ingenui” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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