Phrase guide

vending machine

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈvɛndɪŋ məˌʃiːn/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An automatic machine that dispenses merchandise (often food or beverages) in return for payment (originally coins; now also often paper money, credit cards, and wirelessly via digital payment apps).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Meronyms: bill acceptor, card swipe, change slot, coin return, coin slot, flavor strip

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: machine

2

noun

Meaning 2

a slot machine for selling goods

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: slot machine, coin machine

Narrower terms: automat

History

Etymology

This name for such a machine is attested since 1889. The concept of such a machine is centuries older (for more, see Wikipedia at vending machine § History).

Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: آلَة بَيْع (ʔālat bayʕ) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Arabic: آلَة بَيْع ذَاتِيّ (ʔālat bayʕ ḏātiyy) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Armenian: առեւտրի ավտոմատ (aṙewtri avtomat) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Belarusian: гандлёвы аўтама́т (handljóvy awtamát) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Belarusian: аўтама́т (awtamát) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Bengali: ভেন্ডিং মেশিন (bhenḍiṅ meśin) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Bulgarian: автома́т за сто́ки (avtomát za stóki) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Bulgarian: ве́ндинг автома́т (vénding avtomát) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Bulgarian: ве́ндинг маши́на (vénding mašína) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Catalan: màquina expenedora — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自動售貨機 /自动售货机 (zìdòng shòuhuòjī) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自動販賣機 /自动贩卖机 (zìdòng fànmàijī) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Chinese Mandarin: 販賣機 /贩卖机 (fànmàijī) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Chinese Mandarin: 售貨機 /售货机 (shòuhuòjī) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Czech: automat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Czech: prodejní automat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Danish: salgsautomat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Dutch: verkoopautomaat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Dutch: automaat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Esperanto: vendilo — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Esperanto: vendaŭtomato — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Estonian: müügiautomaat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Finnish: myyntiautomaatti — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • French: distributeur automatique — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • French: distributeur — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • French: distributrice — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Galician: máquina expendedora — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • German: Verkaufsautomat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • German: Automat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Hebrew: אוֹטוֹמָט מְכִירָה (otomát mekhirá) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Hebrew: מְכוֹנַת מִמְכָּר (mekhonát mimkár) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Hindi: बिक्री मशीन (bikrī maśīn) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Hindi: विक्रय मशीन (vikray maśīn) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Hindi: वेंडिंग मशीन (veṇḍiṅg maśīn) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Hungarian: árusító automata — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Hungarian: automata — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Icelandic: sjálfsali — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Irish: meaisín díola — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Italian: distributore automatico — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Japanese: 自動販売機 (jidō hanbaiki) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Japanese: 自販機 (jihanki) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Japanese: 販売機 (hanbaiki) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Japanese: 発売機 (hatsubaiki) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនលក់ (maasɨn lŭək) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Korean: 자동판매기 (jadongpanmaegi) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Korean: 자판기 (japan'gi) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Korean: 판매기 (panmaegi) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Korean: 발매기 (balmaegi) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Latvian: pārdošanas automāts — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Lithuanian: vendingas — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Lithuanian: smulkių prekių automatas — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Macedonian: тр́говен автома́т (tŕgoven avtomát) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Macedonian: ве́ндинг-автома́т (vénding-avtomát) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Macedonian: автома́т (avtomát) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Malay: mesin layan diri — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Malay: mesin gedegang — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Norwegian Bokmål: automat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Norwegian Bokmål: myntautomat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: automat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Iranian Persian: دَسْتْگاهِ فُروشِ خودْکار (dastgâh-e foruš-e xodkâr) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Polish: automat sprzedający — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Polish: automat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Portuguese: máquina de venda automática — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Portuguese: máquina de vender — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Romanian: automat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Romanian: automat de vânzare — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Russian: торго́вый автома́т (torgóvyj avtomát) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Russian: автома́т (avtomát) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Serbo-Croatian: аутомат за продају — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Serbo-Croatian: automat za prodaju — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Slovak: automat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Slovak: predajný automat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Slovene: prodajni avtomat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Spanish: máquina expendedora — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Spanish: distribuidor automático — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Spanish: máquina — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Spanish: vending — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Spanish: máquina dispensadora — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Spanish: máquina vendedora — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Swedish: varuautomat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Swedish: godisautomat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Swedish: läskautomat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Tagalog: vendo — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Thai: เครื่องจําหน่ายสินค้าอัตโนมัติ (krʉ̂ʉang jam-nàai sǐn-káa àt-dtà-noo-mát) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Thai: เครื่องจําหน่ายสินค้าแบบหยอดเหรียญ (krʉ̂ʉang jam-nàai sǐn-káa bɛ̀ɛp yɔ̀ɔt rǐian) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Turkish: satış makinesi — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Turkish: otomat — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Ukrainian: торгове́льний автома́т (torhovélʹnyj avtomát) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Ukrainian: торго́вий автома́т (torhóvyj avtomát) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Ukrainian: автома́т (avtomát) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Urdu: خُرْدَہ فَروش مَشِین (xurda faroś maśīn) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Urdu: خُود کار مَشِین (xūd kār maśīn) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Urdu: وینْڈِن٘گ مَشِین (venḍiṅg maśīn) — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Vietnamese: máy bán hàng — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Vietnamese: máy bán hàng tự động — machine that dispenses merchandise
  • Welsh: peiriant gwerthu — machine that dispenses merchandise