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machinery

English

Etymology

From French machinerie (“machinery”), from machine (“machine”); see machine.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: m?-sh?'n?-r?, IPA(key): /m???i?n??i/
  • Rhymes: -i?n??i

Noun

machinery (countable and uncountable, plural machineries)

  1. The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
  2. The working parts of a machine as a group.
  3. The collective parts of something which allow it to function.
    All of the machinery of the law was brought to bear on the investigation.
  4. (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect

Derived terms

  • heavy machinery
  • political machinery

Related terms

  • machinist

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • hemicrany

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machin

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French machine.

Noun

machin

  1. machine; engine
  2. truck; van

French

Etymology

From machine, converted to a masculine noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.???/

Noun

machin m (plural machins)

  1. thingy, thingamabob

See also

  • bidule m
  • truc m

Further reading

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

Haitian Creole

Etymology

French machine.

Noun

machin

  1. car
  2. engine
  3. machine
  4. vehicle

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ma.x?in/

Noun

machin f

  1. genitive plural of machina

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