Ingénue may also refer to a new young actress or one typecast in such roles. The term comes from the feminine form of the French adjective ingénu meaning "ingenuous" or innocent, …

More directly, our ingenue comes from French ingénue, the feminine form of ingénu, meaning "ingenuous."

INGÉNUE definition: an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman. See examples of ingénue used in a sentence.

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6 days ago · Borrowed from French ingénue, the feminine form of ingénu (“guileless”), originally from the Latin ingenuus (“ingenuous”).

Definition of ingénue noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

ingénue (ˌænʒeɪˈnjuː; French ɛ̃ʒeny) n an artless, innocent, or inexperienced girl or young woman [C19: from French, feminine of ingénu ingenuous]

an artless, innocent, or inexperienced girl or young woman Etymology: 19th Century: from French, feminine of ingénu ingenuous Forum discussions with the word (s) "ingenue" in the title: girls …

ingénue in British English (ˌænʒeɪˈnjuː , French ɛ̃ʒeny ) noun an artless, innocent, or inexperienced girl or young woman

ingénue, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary