Feminino

machine

(Inglés)

  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

Frecuencia

B1
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ma.ʃin/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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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