noun · verb · 21 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/məˈʃiːn/
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Canada, General-American:/məˈʃin/
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Australian, New-Zealand:/məˈʃiːn/
rhymes with -iːn
CMU ARPABET:M AH0 SH IY1 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A vehicle operated mechanically, such as an automobile or an airplane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
An answering machine or, by extension, voice mail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Game developers assume they're pushing the limits of the machine.
He refuses to turn off his Linux machine.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A person or organisation that seemingly acts like a machine, being particularly efficient, single-minded, or unemotional.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
Bruce Campbell was a "demon-killing machine" because he made quick work of killing demons.
The government has become a money-making machine.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
The system of special interest groups that supports a political party, especially in urban areas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: government, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
Penis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
noun
Meaning 11
A bathing machine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
verb
Meaning 12
To make by machinery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
verb
Meaning 13
To shape or finish by machinery; (usually, more specifically) to shape subtractively by metal-cutting with machine-controlled toolpaths.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
14
noun
Meaning 14
a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he needs a car to get to work
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: car, auto, automobile, motorcar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: motor vehicle, automotive vehicle
Narrower terms: ambulance, beach wagon, station wagon, wagon, estate car, beach waggon, station waggon, waggon, bus, jalopy, heap, cab, hack, taxi, taxicab, compact, compact car, convertible, coupe, cruiser, police cruiser, patrol car, police car, prowl car, squad car, electric, electric automobile, electric car, gas guzzler, hardtop, hatchback, horseless carriage, hot rod, hot-rod, jeep, landrover, limousine, limo, loaner, minicar, minivan, Model T, pace car, racer, race car, racing car, roadster, runabout, two-seater, sedan, saloon, sports car, sport car, sport utility, sport utility vehicle, S.U.V., SUV, Stanley Steamer, stock car, subcompact, subcompact car, touring car, phaeton, tourer, used-car, secondhand car
15
noun
Meaning 15
any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megh-der.? Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ) Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́)bor. Latin māchinabor. Middle French machinebor. English machine Borrowed from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́), cognate with Attic Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ, “a machine, engine, contrivance, device”), from which comes mechanical. Displaced native Old English searu.
Across languages
Translations
263 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
masjien
— mechanical or electrical device
Albanian:
makinë
— mechanical or electrical device
Amharic:
ማሽን
(mašn)
— mechanical or electrical device
Arabic:
آلَة
(ʔāla)
— mechanical or electrical device
Arabic:
مَاكِينَة
(mākīna)
— mechanical or electrical device
Arabic:
آلة
(ʔāla)
— mechanical or electrical device
Arabic:
مكنة
(makana)
— mechanical or electrical device
Arabic:
مَكِينَة
(makīna)
— mechanical or electrical device
Arabic:
آلة
(ʔāla)
— mechanical or electrical device
Arabic:
آلة
(ʔāle)
— mechanical or electrical device
Armenian:
մեքենա
(mekʻena)
— mechanical or electrical device
Assamese:
শাল
(xal)
— mechanical or electrical device
Assamese:
কল
(kol)
— mechanical or electrical device
Assamese:
যন্ত্ৰ
(zontro)
— mechanical or electrical device
Asturian:
máquina
— mechanical or electrical device
Azerbaijani:
maşın
— mechanical or electrical device
Bahnar:
kơmăi
— mechanical or electrical device
Bahnar:
kơmaĭ
— mechanical or electrical device
Basque:
makina
— mechanical or electrical device
Belarusian:
машы́на
(mašýna)
— mechanical or electrical device
Bengali:
মেশিন
(meśin)
— mechanical or electrical device
Bengali:
যন্ত্র
(jontro)
— mechanical or electrical device
Bulgarian:
маши́на
(mašína)
— mechanical or electrical device
Burmese:
ယန္တရား
(yanta.ra:)
— mechanical or electrical device
Burmese:
စက်
(cak)
— mechanical or electrical device
Catalan:
màquina
— mechanical or electrical device
Cherokee:
ᎪᏢᏅᏙᏗ
(gotlvnvdodi)
— mechanical or electrical device
Chichewa:
makina
— mechanical or electrical device
Chinese Cantonese:
機 /机
(gei1)
— mechanical or electrical device
Chinese Cantonese:
機器 /机器
(gei1 hei3)
— mechanical or electrical device
Chinese:
җичи
(jiqi)
— mechanical or electrical device
Chinese:
機械 /机械
(zh-min-nan)
— mechanical or electrical device
Chinese:
機器 /机器
(zh-min-nan)
— mechanical or electrical device
Chinese Mandarin:
機 /机
(jī)
— mechanical or electrical device
Chinese Mandarin:
機器 /机器
(jīqì)
— mechanical or electrical device
Chinese Mandarin:
機械 /机械
(jīxiè)
— mechanical or electrical device
Chinese Mandarin:
器械
(qìxiè)
— mechanical or electrical device
Cornish:
jynn
— mechanical or electrical device
Cowlitz:
məšín
— mechanical or electrical device
Czech:
stroj
— mechanical or electrical device
Czech:
mašina
— mechanical or electrical device
Danish:
maskine
— mechanical or electrical device
Dutch:
machine
— mechanical or electrical device
Dutch:
apparaat
— mechanical or electrical device
Esperanto:
maŝino
— mechanical or electrical device
Estonian:
masin
— mechanical or electrical device
Faroese:
maskina
— mechanical or electrical device
Finnish:
kone
— mechanical or electrical device
French:
machine
— mechanical or electrical device
Galician:
máquina
— mechanical or electrical device
Galician:
enxeño
— mechanical or electrical device
Georgian:
მანქანა
(mankana)
— mechanical or electrical device
German:
Maschine
— mechanical or electrical device
Greek:
μηχανή
(michaní)
— mechanical or electrical device
Greek:
μηχανισμός
(michanismós)
— mechanical or electrical device
Greek:
μηχάνημα
(michánima)
— mechanical or electrical device
Ancient Greek:
μηχανή
(mēkhanḗ)
— mechanical or electrical device
Ancient Greek:
μαχανά
(makhaná)
— mechanical or electrical device
Gujarati:
યંત્ર
(yantra)
— mechanical or electrical device
Gujarati:
મશીન
(maśīn)
— mechanical or electrical device
Haitian Creole:
machin
— mechanical or electrical device
Hebrew:
מְכוֹנָה
(m'khoná)
— mechanical or electrical device
Hiligaynon:
makina
— mechanical or electrical device
Hindi:
यंत्र
(yantra)
— mechanical or electrical device
White Hmong:
tshuab
— mechanical or electrical device
Hungarian:
gép
— mechanical or electrical device
Hungarian:
szerkezet
— mechanical or electrical device
Hungarian:
masina
— mechanical or electrical device
Hunsrik:
Maschin
— mechanical or electrical device
Icelandic:
vél
— mechanical or electrical device
Indonesian:
mesin
— mechanical or electrical device
Indonesian:
sawat
— mechanical or electrical device
Ingrian:
mašina
— mechanical or electrical device
Ingrian:
kapine
— mechanical or electrical device
Irish:
meaisín
— mechanical or electrical device
Italian:
macchina
— mechanical or electrical device
Italian:
meccanismo
— mechanical or electrical device
Japanese:
機械
(kikai)
— mechanical or electrical device
Japanese:
マシン
(mashin)
— mechanical or electrical device
Japanese:
器械
(kikai)
— mechanical or electrical device
Kannada:
ಯಂತ್ರ
(yantra)
— mechanical or electrical device
Kazakh:
машина
(maşina)
— mechanical or electrical device
Khmer:
យន្ត
(yŭən)
— mechanical or electrical device
Khmer:
គ្រឿង
(krɨəng)
— mechanical or electrical device
Khmer:
ម៉ាស៊ីន
(maasɨn)
— mechanical or electrical device
Kongo:
masini
— mechanical or electrical device
Korean:
기계
(gigye)
— mechanical or electrical device
Korean:
기계
(gigye)
— mechanical or electrical device
Korean:
머신
(meosin)
— mechanical or electrical device
Central Kurdish:
مەکینە
(mekîne)
— mechanical or electrical device
Northern Kurdish:
makîne
— mechanical or electrical device
Kyrgyz:
машина
(maşina)
— mechanical or electrical device
Lao:
ເຄື່ອງ
(khư̄ang)
— mechanical or electrical device
Lao:
ກົນ
(kon)
— mechanical or electrical device
Lao:
ກົນຈັກ
(kon chak)
— mechanical or electrical device
Lao:
ເຄື່ອງຈັກ
(khư̄ang chak)
— mechanical or electrical device
Latin:
māchina
— mechanical or electrical device
Latvian:
mašīna
— mechanical or electrical device
Latvian:
aparāts
— mechanical or electrical device
Lingala:
masíni
— mechanical or electrical device
Lingala:
masini
— mechanical or electrical device
Lithuanian:
mašina
— mechanical or electrical device
Macedonian:
ма́шина
(mášina)
— mechanical or electrical device
Macedonian:
у́стројство
(ústrojstvo)
— mechanical or electrical device
Malay:
mesin
— mechanical or electrical device
Malayalam:
യന്ത്രം
(yantraṁ)
— mechanical or electrical device
Maltese:
magna
— mechanical or electrical device
Māori:
mīhini
— mechanical or electrical device
Māori:
pūrere
— mechanical or electrical device
Marathi:
यंत्र
(yantra)
— mechanical or electrical device
Marathi:
मशीन
(maśīn)
— mechanical or electrical device
Mongolian:
машин
(mašin)
— mechanical or electrical device
Mongolian:
ᠮᠠᠱᠢᠨ
(mašin)
— mechanical or electrical device
Neapolitan:
macchena
— mechanical or electrical device
Norman:
machinne
— mechanical or electrical device
Norwegian Bokmål:
maskin
— mechanical or electrical device
Norwegian Nynorsk:
maskin
— mechanical or electrical device
Odia:
ଯନ୍ତ୍ର
(jantra)
— mechanical or electrical device
Old English:
searu
— mechanical or electrical device
Pali:
yanta
— mechanical or electrical device
Pashto:
ماشين
(māšin)
— mechanical or electrical device
Pashto:
آله
(āla)
— mechanical or electrical device
Dari:
مَاشِین
(māšīn)
— mechanical or electrical device
Dari:
آلَت
(ālat)
— mechanical or electrical device
Iranian Persian:
ماشین
(mâšin)
— mechanical or electrical device
Iranian Persian:
آلَت
(âlat)
— mechanical or electrical device
Plautdietsch:
Maschien
— mechanical or electrical device
Polish:
maszyna
— mechanical or electrical device
Polish:
ustrojstwo
— mechanical or electrical device
Polish:
urządzenie
— mechanical or electrical device
Portuguese:
máquina
— mechanical or electrical device
Punjabi:
ਮਸ਼ੀਨ
(maśīn)
— mechanical or electrical device
Punjabi:
ਜੰਤਰ
(jantar)
— mechanical or electrical device
Romanian:
mașină
— mechanical or electrical device
Romanian:
mașină electrică
— mechanical or electrical device
Romanian:
mașină mecanică
— mechanical or electrical device
Romansh:
maschina
— mechanical or electrical device
Romansh:
maschegna
— mechanical or electrical device
Russian:
маши́на
(mašína)
— mechanical or electrical device
Russian:
механи́зм
(mexanízm)
— mechanical or electrical device
Russian:
аппара́т
(apparát)
— mechanical or electrical device
Russian:
устройство
(ustrojstvo)
— mechanical or electrical device
Russian:
маши́нка
(mašínka)
— mechanical or electrical device
Northern Sami:
mašiidna
— mechanical or electrical device
Northern Sami:
mášen
— mechanical or electrical device
Samoan:
masini
— mechanical or electrical device
Sanskrit:
यन्त्र
(yantra)
— mechanical or electrical device
Scottish Gaelic:
inneal
— mechanical or electrical device
Serbo-Croatian:
маши́на
— mechanical or electrical device
Serbo-Croatian:
стро̑ј
— mechanical or electrical device
Serbo-Croatian:
mašína
— mechanical or electrical device
Serbo-Croatian:
strȏj
— mechanical or electrical device
Sinhalese:
යන්ත්රය
(yantraya)
— mechanical or electrical device
Slovak:
stroj
— mechanical or electrical device
Slovak:
mašina
— mechanical or electrical device
Slovene:
stroj
— mechanical or electrical device
Slovene:
mašina
— mechanical or electrical device
Lower Sorbian:
mašina
— mechanical or electrical device
Spanish:
máquina
— mechanical or electrical device
Swahili:
mashine
— mechanical or electrical device
Swedish:
maskin
— mechanical or electrical device
Tagalog:
makina
— mechanical or electrical device
Tagalog:
sigmo
— mechanical or electrical device
Tajik:
мошин
(mošin)
— mechanical or electrical device
Tajik:
мошина
(mošina)
— mechanical or electrical device
Tajik:
олат
(olat)
— mechanical or electrical device
Tajik:
дастгоҳ
(dastgoh)
— mechanical or electrical device
Tamil:
எந்திரம்
(entiram)
— mechanical or electrical device
Tatar:
машина
(maşina)
— mechanical or electrical device
Telugu:
యంత్రము
(yantramu)
— mechanical or electrical device
Thai:
เครื่อง
(krʉ̂ʉang)
— mechanical or electrical device
Thai:
กล
(gon)
— mechanical or electrical device
Thai:
เครื่องจักร
(krʉ̂ʉang-jàk)
— mechanical or electrical device
Tibetan:
འཕྲུལ་འཁོར
('phrul 'khor)
— mechanical or electrical device
Tigrinya:
መኪና
(mäkina)
— mechanical or electrical device
Tumbuka:
makina
— mechanical or electrical device
Turkish:
makine
— mechanical or electrical device
Ottoman Turkish:
ماكینه
(makina)
— mechanical or electrical device
Ottoman Turkish:
چرخ
(çarh)
— mechanical or electrical device
Turkmen:
maşyn
— mechanical or electrical device
Turkmen:
maşinka
— mechanical or electrical device
Ukrainian:
маши́на
(mašýna)
— mechanical or electrical device
Urdu:
آلَہ
(āla)
— mechanical or electrical device
Urdu:
مَشِین
(maśīn)
— mechanical or electrical device
Uyghur:
ماشىنا
(mashina)
— mechanical or electrical device
Uzbek:
mashina
— mechanical or electrical device
Vietnamese:
máy
— mechanical or electrical device
Vietnamese:
máy móc
— mechanical or electrical device
Walloon:
machene
— mechanical or electrical device
Welsh:
peiriant
— mechanical or electrical device
Welsh:
ermig
— mechanical or electrical device
Yakut:
массыына
(massïïna)
— mechanical or electrical device
Yiddish:
מאַשין
(mashin)
— mechanical or electrical device
Zhuang:
gihgi
— mechanical or electrical device
Zhuang:
gihgai
— mechanical or electrical device
Chinese Mandarin:
機構 /机构
(jīgòu)
— group that controls an organization
Finnish:
koneisto
— group that controls an organization
Greek:
μηχανισμός
(michanismós)
— group that controls an organization
Italian:
macchina
— group that controls an organization
Japanese:
機構
(kikō)
— group that controls an organization
Korean:
기구
(gigu)
— group that controls an organization
Russian:
маши́на
(mašína)
— group that controls an organization
Russian:
аппара́т
(apparát)
— group that controls an organization
