English Online Dictionary. What means machine? What does machine mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhanā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical. Displaced native Old English searu.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məˈʃiːn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /məˈʃin/
- Rhymes: -iːn
Noun
machine (plural machines)
- A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- (dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.
- (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
- (computing) A computer.
- (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
- Especially, the group that controls a political or similar organization; a combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use.
- (poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
- (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
- (euphemistic, obsolete) Penis.
- (historical) A contrivance in the Ancient Greek theatre for indicating a change of scene, by means of which a god might cross the stage or deliver a divine message; the deus ex machina.
- (obsolete) A bathing machine.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:machine
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Bengali: মেশিন (meśin)
- → Cowlitz: məšín
- → Hindustani: मशीन (maśīn) / مشین (maśīn)
- → Irish: meaisín
- → Japanese: マシン (mashin)
- → Korean: 머신 (meosin)
- → Maori: mīhini
- → Punjabi
- Gurmukhi script: ਮਸ਼ੀਨ (maśīn)
- Shahmukhi script: مشین (maśīn)
- → Swahili: mashine
- → Tok Pisin: masin
Translations
References
- machine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Verb
machine (third-person singular simple present machines, present participle machining, simple past and past participle machined)
- To make by machinery.
- To shape or finish by machinery; (usually, more specifically) to shape subtractively by metal-cutting with machine-controlled toolpaths.
Derived terms
- machinist
- machinofacture
Translations
Further reading
- “machine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “machine”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “machine n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
Anagrams
- Eichman
Dutch
Alternative forms
- machien (archaic or colloquial)
Etymology
Borrowed from French machine, from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina, from Doric Greek μᾱχανᾱ́ (mākhanā́).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɑˈʃinə/
- Hyphenation: ma‧chi‧ne
- Rhymes: -inə
Noun
machine f (plural machines, diminutive machientje n or machinetje n)
- machine (mechanical or electrical device)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: masjien
- → Caribbean Javanese: mesin
- → Malay: mesin
- Indonesian: mesin
- → Sundanese: ᮙᮨᮞᮤᮔ᮪ (mesin)
- → Sranan Tongo: masyin
- → Aukan: masini
- → Caribbean Hindustani: mashin
- → Kari'na: masini
- → Saramaccan: masíni
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French machine, borrowed from Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), itself a borrowing from Doric Ancient Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhanā́). Not to be confused with machin, which means "thing".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ʃin/
Noun
machine f (plural machines)
- machine, device (clarification of this definition is needed)
- (slang) machine (a person who is very efficient)
Derived terms
Related terms
- machinal
- machination
- machiner
- machinisme
- machiniste
- mécanique
- mécanisme
Descendants
Further reading
- “machine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- chemina
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin machina.
Noun
machine f (plural machines)
- machine; device
Descendants
- French: machine (see there for further descendants)
- → English: machine (see there for further descendants)
References
- Etymology and history of “machine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (machine, supplement)
Walloon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ʃin/
Noun
machine f (plural machines)
- machine