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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin m?china (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek ??????? (m?khan??), cognate with Attic Greek ?????? (m?khan?, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical.

Displaced native Old English searu.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /m???in/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Noun

machine (plural machines)

1. A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
2. (dated) A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.
3. (telephony, abbreviation) An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.

4. (computing) A computer.

5. (figuratively) A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.

6. 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.

   • The whole machine of government, civil and religious, ought never to bear upon the people with a weight so oppressive

7. (poetry) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.

   • I am apt to think, that the changing of the Trojan fleet into water-nymphs, which is the most violent machine in the whole Æneid{{..}}

8. (politics, chiefly US) The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
   • 1902, The Friend

     A machine politician cannot see why the straight ticket (as be and his clique of party bosses prepare it) should not be voted by every citizen belonging to that party.

   • 2006, Jerry F. Hough, Changing Party Coalitions: The Mystery of the Red State-blue State Alignment, Algora Publishing ?ISBN, page 37

     In essence, therefore, the right-fork strategy of the Democrats meant an alliance of the South with the political machines built on the non-Protestant immigrants in key Northeastern states.

   • 2013, Paul M. Green, Melvin G. Holli, The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition, fourth edition, SIU Press ?ISBN, page 126

     He was thrust into a political maelstrom for which he was ill-prepared, and yet he was, most notably, the Chicago machine's political savior.

9. (euphemistic, obsolete) Penis.
10. (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.
11. (obsolete) A bathing machine.
    • 1823, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin 2001, p. 512:

      One Machine only was provided for Bathers, the Limitted smoothness of the sands not extending widely enough to admit another.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:machine

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Tok Pisin: masin
• ? Hindustani: ???? (ma??n) / ????? (ma??n)
• ? Irish: meaisín
• ? Japanese: ??? (mashin)
• ? Maori: m?hini
• ? Swahili: mashine

Translations

References

• machine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

machine (third-person singular simple present machines, present participle machining, simple past and past participle machined)

1. to make by machinery.
2. to shape or finish by machinery.

Derived terms

• machinist

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Eichman

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French machine, from Middle French machine, from Latin m?china, from Doric Greek ??????? (m?khan??).

Alternative forms

• machien (archaic or colloquial)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m???in?/
• Hyphenation: ma?chi?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

machine f (plural machines, diminutive machientje n or machinetje n)

1. machine (mechanical or electrical device)

Derived terms

• machinaal
• machineren
• naaimachine
• nietmachine
• schrijfmachine
• tunnelboormachine
• vliegmachine
• wasmachine

Related terms

• machinatie
• machinist
• mechaniek
• mechanisch

Descendants

• Afrikaans: masjien
• ? Malay: mesin
  • Indonesian: mesin
  • ? Sundanese: ?????? (mesin)

French

Etymology

From Middle French machine, borrowed from Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), itself a borrowing from Doric Ancient Greek ??????? (m?khan??).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.?in/

Noun

machine f (plural machines)

1. machine, device (clarification of this definition is needed)
2. (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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• chemina

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin machina.

Noun

machine f (plural machines)

1. machine; device

Descendants

• French: machine (see there for further descendants)
• ? English: machine (see there for further descendants)

References

• “machine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (machine, supplement)

English

Etymology

From Latin m?t? (“I set in motion”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??t?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mo?t?/
• Hyphenation: mo?tor
• Rhymes: -??t?(?)

Noun

motor (plural motors)

1. A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
2. (colloquial) A motor car, or automobile.
3. (figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
4. Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
5. (Christianity, archaic, poetic) The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.
6. (prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".

   Synonym: kicker

Alternative forms

• motour (obsolete)

Synonyms

• engine

Derived terms

Related terms

• motoric

Descendants

• ? Persian: ????? (môtar)
• ? Japanese: ???? (m?t?)
• ? Burmese: ???????? (mautau)

Translations

Adjective

motor (not comparable)

1. (biology) Relating to the ability to move.

2. Relating to motor cars.

3. (nautical) Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).

Derived terms

• motor unit
• psychomotor
• sensorimotor
• supramotor

Translations

Verb

motor (third-person singular simple present motors, present participle motoring, simple past and past participle motored)

1. (dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.

   On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.

2. (transitive, aviation) To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.

3. (informal) To move at a brisk pace.

   Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring.

4. (slang) To leave.

Translations

References

• Motor Neurons at Motor Units on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• motor at OneLook Dictionary Search
• motor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• morto

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English motor, compare motor car, from Latin m?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???.t?r/

Noun

motor (plural motors, diminutive motortjie)

1. car, automobile
2. engine, motor

Derived terms

• motorfiets
• vragmotor
• veteraanmotor

References

Asturian

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

1. engine, motor (mechanical device)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin motor.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /mo?to/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mu?tor/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /mo?to?/
• Rhymes: -o?

Adjective

motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motores) or motor (feminine motriu, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motrius)

1. motor

Noun

motor m (plural motors)

1. motor

Derived terms

• motorista

Further reading

• “motor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “motor” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “motor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “motor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo?tor

Etymology 1

From English motor, from Latin moto.

Noun

motor

1. a motor; an engine

Etymology 2

Short for motorcycle.

Noun

motor

1. a motorcycle

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:motor.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?motor/
• Rhymes: -otor

Noun

motor m inan

1. engine, motor

Declension

Derived terms

• motokára
• motorka
• motorový
• motorista
• motoristický
• motorismus
• motorizovat
• motorizace

Related terms

• See motiv

Further reading

• motor in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• motor in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?t?r/, [?mo?t??]

Noun

motor c (singular definite motoren, plural indefinite motorer)

1. motor, engine

Inflection

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?t?r/, /?mo?t?r/
• Rhymes: -o?t?r, -o?t?r
• Hyphenation: mo?tor

Noun

motor m (plural motoren or motors, diminutive motortje n)

1. engine (mechanical device)
2. motorbike

   Synonyms: motorfiets, motorrijwiel

Derived terms

• benzinemotor
• buitenboordmotor
• crossmotor
• dieselmotor
• elektromotor
• hulpmotor
• middenmotor
• motoragent
• motorbende
• motorbrigade
• motorclub
• motorcoureur
• motorengel
• motorfiets
• motormuis
• motorrijder
• motorrijwiel
• motorvoertuig
• politiemotor
• straalmotor
• stuntmotor

Related terms

• motoriek
• motoriseren

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: motor

Hungarian

Etymology

From English motor or German Motor, from Latin m?tor, m?t? (“I set in motion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?motor]
• Hyphenation: mo?tor
• Rhymes: -or

Noun

motor (plural motorok)

1. engine, motor (a machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion; the part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion)
2. (figuratively) powerhouse (any source of power, energy or strength)
3. motorbike, motorcycle (an open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels)

   Synonyms: motorbicikli, motorkerékpár

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• motor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch motor, from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” or "motorcycle", motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.

Noun

motor (first-person possessive motorku, second-person possessive motormu, third-person possessive motornya)

1. engine

   Synonyms: enjin, mesin

2. (informal) motorcycle

   Synonyms: honda, sepeda motor

3. (figuratively) important person in organization.

Further reading

• “motor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?tor/

Noun

motor (plural motores)

1. motor

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mo?.tor/, [?mo?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mo.tor/, [?m??t??r]

Noun

m?tor m (genitive m?t?ris); third declension

1. mover; that which moves something

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Verb

m?tor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of m?t?

References

• motor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• motor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorer, definite plural motorene)

1. engine, motor

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorar, definite plural motorane)

1. engine, motor

Derived terms

Polish

Etymology

From Latin m?tor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.t?r/

Noun

motor m inan (diminutive motorek)

1. (colloquial) motorcycle

   Synonym: motocykl

2. engine

   Synonym: silnik

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) motorowy

Further reading

• motor in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• motor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From French moteur, from Latin motor.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.?to?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.?to?/

Adjective

motor m (feminine singular motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras, comparable)

1. motive

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

1. motor
2. engine

Romanian

Etymology

From French moteur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?tor/

Noun

motor n (plural motoare)

1. engine

Declension

Related terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin motor.

Noun

mòt?r m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. engine, motor
2. (colloquial) motorcycle

Declension

Derived terms

• mòt?rn?

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mó?t?r/

Noun

m??tor m inan

1. engine

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin motor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?to?/, [mo?t?o?]

Adjective

motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras)

1. moving

Derived terms

• automotor
• oculomotor

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

1. motor (mechanical device)
2. (mechanics) engine
3. (figuratively) driving force, driver, mover
4. (figuratively) powerhouse
5. (computing) backend, back end

Hyponyms

• motor principal (“prime mover”)

Derived terms

• calentar motores
• de motor (“power-driven”)
• motorismo
• motorista

Further reading

• “motor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

motor c

1. engine, motor

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

• morot

Turkish

Etymology

• Ultimately from Latin m?tor m (“mover”), probably through English motor.

Noun

motor (definite accusative motoru, plural motorlar)

1. engine (mechanical device)

Declension

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian motore

Noun

motor m (plural motori) or motor m (plural moturi)

1. motor, engine