Definitions for ingenue
ˈæn ʒəˌnu, ɛ̃ˈ-in·genue

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ingenuenoun

   an actress who specializes in playing the role of an artless innocent young girl

2. ingenuenoun

   an artless innocent young girl (especially as portrayed on the stage)

3. ingenuenoun

   the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. ingenuenoun

   An innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman.

2. ingenuenoun

   A dramatic role of such a woman; an actress playing such a role.

3. Etymology: From the word ingénue, the feminine form of ingénu (meaning “guileless”), originally from the word ingenuus (meaning “ingenuous”).

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1. ingenue

   An ingenue is typically a youthful and innocent female character in a play, movie, or novel. It can also refer to an actress who plays such roles. In a broader sense, it can be used to describe a person who is naive, wholesome, or inexperienced.

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1. Ingénue

   Ingénue is the second solo album by k.d. lang, released in 1992. It has more of a cabaret flavor than Lang's previous work, and was her most successful album on the pop charts both in her native Canada and internationally. The samba-inspired "Miss Chatelaine" was ironic; Chatelaine is a Canadian women's magazine which once chose lang as its "Woman of the Year", and the song's video depicted lang — who was usually best known for a fairly androgynous appearance — in an exaggeratedly feminine manner, surrounded by bright pastel colours and a profusion of bubbles reminiscent of a performance on the Lawrence Welk show, complete with an accordion in the instrumentation. The multi-format hit single "Constant Craving" inspired The Rolling Stones' 1997 single "Anybody Seen My Baby?", from their Bridges to Babylon album, with the result that the Stones gave writing credits on that song to lang and her collaborator Ben Mink. Both "Save Me" and "Still Thrives This Love" were used in the 2003 Showtime film Soldier's Girl.

Matched Categories

1. • Actor
   • Character
   • Juvenile

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Anagrams for ingenue »

1. genuine

2. genuine

3. Guienne

4. Guienne

How to pronounce ingenue?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say ingenue in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ingenue in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ingenue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of ingenue in a Sentence

1. Meryl Streep Streep:

   To be honest, I think you'll find that the woman who is saying that (the roles have dried up) is the woman who at 40, 45, 48, still wants to play the ingénue and can't understand why she's not being cast as the 21-year-old.

2. Leighton Meester:

   I dont talk about Arlo very much. I am very proud of that area of my life. But Im also really proud of the show, and of the work I do, i think the perception is: Youre an ingenue, or youre an icon, or youre a mom. Theres no in-between.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ingenue
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ingenue
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ingenue
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ingenue