machine

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical. Displaced native Old English searu. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /məˈʃiːn/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /məˈʃin/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /məˈʃiːn/ Rhymes: -iːn Hyphenation: ma‧chine === 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 ==== ==== 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. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “machine”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “machine n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. === Anagrams === Eichman == Dutch == === Alternative forms === masjine, masjien (adapted) machien (archaic or colloquial) === Etymology === Borrowed from French machine, from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina, from Doric Greek μᾱχανᾱ́ (mākhanā́). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɑˈʃin(ə)/ Hyphenation: ma‧chi‧ne Rhymes: -inə, -in === 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: 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 (mākhănā́). 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) (figuratively) machine (combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use) la machine bureaucratique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) engine faire machine arrière ― to backpedal machine à vapeur ― steam engine salle des machines ― engine room (slang) machine (a person who is very efficient) (Quebec, Acadia, dated) car Synonyms: voiture, char ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== 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 māchina. === 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 Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “machine”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Walloon == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ma.ʃin/ === Noun === machine f (plural machines) machine