Feminine

machine

Meaning

  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

Concepts

machine
engine
machinery
mechanism
locomotive
motor
device
equipment
facility

gas-engine

heat engine
implements
installations
instruments
loco
machined
mete
motorcar
piston engine
steam locomotive
🚂
tool
tools
utensils
wash
🧽
washing machine
fruit machine
John Doe
political machine
simple machine
adding machine

thermal machine

addressing machine

appliance
appliances
borderline
car
🚗
Synonyms

locomotive
C2
machinerie
42k
instrument
C1
loco
24k
appareil
B1
engin
C1
outil
C1

machine locomotive

mécanisme
C1
moteur
B1
structure
C1
train
A1
🚋
ustensile
véhicule
B2
clientélisme
lave-linge
35k
machines
B2

méchanique

organisation
B2

mach

machinierie

machine simple

agrégat

Clientélisme

auto
B2
🚗
automobile
C2
bloc
B2
ensemble
A1
équipement
B2
installation
C1
institution
C1
matériel
B2
organe
C2
Translations

máquina
Maschine
máquina
macchina
machine
màquina

μηχανή

makine
machina

μηχανισμός

maquinaria
Lokomotive
locomotiva

maquina

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ma.ʃin/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French
machine
Borrowed from Latin
Latin
machina
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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