different between machinal vs machination

English

Etymology

machine +? -al

Adjective

machinal (comparative more machinal, superlative most machinal)

1. Of, or pertaining to machines.
2. In the manner or style of a machine.

Translations

Anagrams

• Minchala

French

Adjective

machinal (feminine singular machinale, masculine plural machinaux, feminine plural machinales)

1. machinal

Further reading

• “machinal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

Probably from Mozarabic *machinal, from Late Latin machina (“scaffold”), form machina (“machine, tool”). Cognate with Spanish mechinal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat??i?nal/

Noun

machinal m (plural machinais)

1. (architecture) putlog hole; hole made in a wall and used for scaffolding or ventilation

See also

• bordinga

References

• “machinal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “machinal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “machinal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

English

Etymology

From French machination, or directly from Latin m?chin?ti?, from m?chinor (“devise, invent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæk??ne???n/, /?mæ???ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

machination (countable and uncountable, plural machinations)

1. A clever scheme or artful plot, usually crafted for evil purposes.
2. The act of machinating or plotting.

Related terms

• machinal
• machinate

Translations

Further reading

• machination in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• machination in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Latin m?chin?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

machination f (plural machinations)

1. Undercover or underhanded plot; machination.

Related terms

• machiner

Further reading

• “machination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).