Phrase guide

sewing machine

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any mechanical or electromechanical device used to stitch cloth or other material; normally uses two threads to form lock stitches.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: machine

2

noun

Meaning 2

a textile machine used as a home appliance for sewing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: home appliance, household appliance, textile machine

Narrower terms: serger

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: naaimasjien — device
  • Albanian: makinë qepëse — device
  • Amharic: መኪና (mäkina) — device
  • Amharic: ልብስ ስፌት መኪና (ləbs səfet mäkina) — device
  • Arabic: مَاكِينَة خِيَاطَة (makīnat ḵiyāṭa) — device
  • Arabic: مكنة خياطة (makanet ḵeyaṭa) — device
  • Armenian: կարի մեքենա (kari mekʻena) — device
  • Azerbaijani: tikiş maşını — device
  • Belarusian: шве́йная машы́на (švjéjnaja mašýna) — device
  • Bulgarian: ше́вна маши́на (šévna mašína) — device
  • Burmese: အပ်ချုပ်စက် (aphkyupcak) — device
  • Burmese: စက်ခေါင်း (cakhkaung:) — device
  • Catalan: màquina de cosir — device
  • Cherokee: ᎦᏰᏫᏒᎥᏍᎩ (gayewisvvsgi) — device
  • Chinese Cantonese: 衣車 /衣车 (ji1 ce1) — device
  • Chinese: фынйишонди чәзы (fɨnyišondi čəzɨ) — device
  • Hakka Chinese: 米信 (mì-sín) — device
  • Chinese: 針車 /针车 (chiam-chhia) — device
  • Chinese: 車仔 /车仔 (chhia-á) — device
  • Chinese: 米信 (mi-sín) — device
  • Chinese: 馬擎仔 /马擎仔 (má-kìn-á, má-kín-á) — device
  • Chinese: 裁縫車 /裁缝车 (chhâi-hông-chhia, châi-hông-chhia) — device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 縫紉機 /缝纫机 (féngrènjī) — device
  • Czech: šicí stroj — device
  • Danish: symaskine — device
  • Dutch: naaimachine — device
  • Esperanto: kudromaŝino — device
  • Estonian: õmblusmasin — device
  • Faroese: seymimaskina — device
  • Finnish: ompelukone — device
  • French: machine à coudre — device
  • West-Frisian: naaimasine — device
  • Galician: máquina de coser — device
  • Georgian: საკევრავი მანქანა (saḳevravi mankana) — device
  • German: Nähmaschine — device
  • Greek: ραπτομηχανή (raptomichaní) — device
  • Hebrew: מכונת תפירה (mekhonát tfirá) — device
  • Hindi: सिलाई मशीन (silāī maśīn) — device
  • Hungarian: varrógép — device
  • Icelandic: saumavél — device
  • Indonesian: mesin jahit — device
  • Ingrian: ompelosmašina — device
  • Irish: inneall fuála — device
  • Italian: macchina da cucire — device
  • Italian: macchina per cucire — device
  • Japanese: ミシン (mishin) — device
  • Japanese: 裁縫機械 (saihō kikai) — device
  • Kazakh: тігін машинасы (tıgın maşinasy) — device
  • Khmer: យន្តដេរ (yŭən dee) — device
  • Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនដេរ (maasɨn dee) — device
  • Korean: 재봉틀 (jaebongteul) — device
  • Korean: 미싱 (mising) — device
  • Lao: ຈັກຫຍິບ (chak nyip) — device
  • Lao: ຈັກຫຍິບເຄື່ອງ (chak nyip khư̄ang) — device
  • Latvian: šujmašīna — device
  • Lithuanian: siuvamoji mašina — device
  • : ᦈᧅᦵᦊᧇᦷᦆ (ṫsakẏebxo) — device
  • Luxembourgish: Bitzmaschinn — device
  • Macedonian: машина за шиење (mašina za šienje) — device
  • Malay: mesin jahit — device
  • Norman: machinne à couôtre — device
  • Norwegian Bokmål: symaskin — device
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: symaskin — device
  • Dari: مَاشِینِ خَیَاطِی (māšīn-i xayātī) — device
  • Iranian Persian: چَرْخِ خَیاطی (čarx-e xayâti) — device
  • Polish: maszyna do szycia — device
  • Portuguese: máquina de costura — device
  • Punjabi: ਸਿਲਾਈ ਮਸ਼ੀਨ (silāī maśīn) — device
  • Romanian: mașină de cusut — device
  • Russian: шве́йная маши́нка (švéjnaja mašínka) — device
  • Russian: шве́йная маши́на (švéjnaja mašína) — device
  • Serbo-Croatian: шиваћа машина — device
  • Serbo-Croatian: šivaća mašina — device
  • Slovak: šijací stroj — device
  • Slovene: šivalni stroj — device
  • Somali: harqaan — device
  • Spanish: máquina de coser — device
  • Spanish: cosedora — device
  • Spanish: yuki — device
  • Swahili: cherehani — device
  • Swedish: symaskin — device
  • Tagalog: makinang panahi — device
  • Tagalog: makina — device
  • Tajik: мошини дӯзандагӣ (mošin-i düzandagi) — device
  • Thai: จักร (jàk) — device
  • Thai: จักรเย็บผ้า (jàk-yép-pâa) — device
  • Thai: จักรเย็บ (jàk-yép) — device
  • Tok Pisin: masin bilong samap — device
  • Tok Pisin: masin samap — device
  • Turkish: dikiş makinesi — device
  • Ukrainian: шве́йна маши́на (švéjna mašýna) — device
  • Uyghur: تىكىش ماشىنىسى (tikish mashinisi) — device
  • Uzbek: bichish mashinasi — device
  • Vietnamese: máy may — device
  • Vietnamese: máy khâu — device
  • Volapük: nägacin — device
  • Welsh: peiriant gwnïo — device
  • Yiddish: ניימאַשין (neymashin) — device
  • Zhuang: cibuh — device
  • Zhuang: aencibuh — device