Feminine
macchina
- (feminine) machine
- (feminine, informal) car, motorcar
Frequency
Hyphenated as
màc‧chi‧na
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmak.ki.na/
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin machina (“engine, device, mill”), from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná). Compare the inherited doublet macina (“grindstone”).
Related words
locomotive engine
railway locomotive
motor-car
ordégnu
veicolo privato
automobile, macchina
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