machina

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (declension-1) contrivance
  2. (declension-1) war machine, military engine, siege engine
  3. (declension-1) scaffold
  4. (declension-1) platform
  5. (declension-1) scheme, plan, machination
  6. (declension-1) mill

Frecuencia

A2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
[ˈmaː.kʰɪ.na]
Etimología (Inglés)

Borrowed from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́, “machine, tool”) (compare Attic Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ)), an early borrowing, considering the vowel reduction of unstressed /a/ to /ĭ/.

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