machinist
/məˈʃinəst/muh-SHEE-nuhst
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/məˈʃinəst/muh-SHEE-nuhst
Meaningone who works machines
Common meaning: a person who operates machine tools
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- macha device, contrivanceLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 964 · scan
- inadjective ending: of the nature of
- ista person who does or follows
Journey through time
- Greekμηχανή‘a device, contrivance’
- Latinmachina
- Frenchmachine
- Englishmachine‘a device with moving parts’
- Englishformed in English from machinemachinist‘a person who operates machine tools’ · today
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: Formed in English from machine + -ist.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MACHINE, p.347 · scan
Roots
- μηχανή Greek “a device, contrivance”
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