Féminin

machine

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (feminine) machine, device
  2. (feminine, figuratively) machine (combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use)
  3. (feminine) engine
  4. (feminine, slang) machine (a person who is very efficient)
  5. (Quebec, dated, feminine) car

Fréquence

B1
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ma.ʃin/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

Inherited from Middle French machine, borrowed from Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), itself a borrowing from Doric Ancient Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́). Not to be confused with machin, which means "thing".

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