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Fun fact: the French word engin still retains its original meaning of contrivance, contraption. But we still translate "search engine," which refers to this arc
by yau8edq12i 2y ago
Fun fact: the French word engin still retains its original meaning of contrivance, contraption. But we still translate "search engine," which refers to this archaic English meaning, as moteur de recherche ("search motor").
- fvdessen 2y ago“engin de recherche” could have worked as well, but “engin” also has a taken negative connotation of something that doesn’t work well