machine
/məˈʃin/muh-SHEEN
/məˈʃin/muh-SHEEN
Meaninga device
Common meaning: a device with moving parts
- macha device, contrivanceLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 964 · scan
- ineadjective ending: of the nature of
Journey through time
- Greekμηχανή‘a device, contrivance’
- Latinmachina
- Frenchmachine
- Englishmachine‘a device with moving parts’ · today
mach also in: mechanic
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek μηχανή ‘a device, contrivance’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry μηχανή, p. 964 · dictionary scan
Roots
- μηχανή Greek “a device, contrivance”
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