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Noun [English]

Forms: time machines [plural]
Etymology: Coined by H. G. Wells in his novel The Time Machine (1895). Head templates: {{en-noun}} time machine (plural time machines)
  1. (chiefly science fiction) A hypothetical device used to travel into the past or the future. Categories (topical): Science fiction, Machines, Time travel Derived forms: backwards time machine, forward time machine, Tipler time machine Related terms: time travel, Einstein-Rosen bridge, wayback machine Translations (device used to travel in time): آلَة زَمَن (ʔālat zaman) [feminine] (Arabic), ribourzerez [feminine] (Breton), маши́на на вре́ме (mašína na vréme) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 時間機器 (Chinese Cantonese), 时间机器 (si⁴ gaan³ gei¹ hei³) (Chinese Cantonese), 時間機器 (Chinese Mandarin), 时间机器 (shíjiān jīqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 時光機 (Chinese Mandarin), 时光机 (shíguāngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), stroj času [masculine] (Czech), tidsmaskine (Danish), tijdmachine [feminine] (Dutch), tempomaŝino (Esperanto), ajamasin (Estonian), aikakone (Finnish), machine à explorer le temps [feminine] (French), machine à voyager dans le temps [feminine] (French), machine à remonter le temps [feminine] (French), დროის მანქანა (drois mankana) (Georgian), Zeitmaschine [feminine] (German), χρονομηχανή (chronomichaní) [feminine] (Greek), időgép (Hungarian), tímavél [feminine] (Icelandic), macchina del tempo [feminine] (Italian), タイムマシン (taimumashin) (Japanese), タイムマシーン (taimumashīn) (Japanese), 타임머신 (taimmeosin) (Korean), времеплов (vremeplov) [masculine] (Macedonian), временска машина (vremenska mašina) [feminine, plural] (Macedonian), цаг хугацааны машин (cag xugacaany mašin) (Mongolian), tidsmaskin [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), wehikuł czasu [masculine] (Polish), máquina do tempo [feminine] (Portuguese), mașina timpului [feminine] (Romanian), маши́на вре́мени (mašína vrémeni) [feminine] (Russian), вре̏мепло̄в [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vrȅmeplōv [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), временска машина [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vremenska mašina [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), časostroj [masculine] (Slovak), stroj času [masculine] (Slovak), časovni stroj [masculine] (Slovene), máquina del tiempo [feminine] (Spanish), tidsmaskin [common-gender] (Swedish), zaman makinası (Turkish), маши́на ча́су (mašýna čásu) [feminine] (Ukrainian), cỗ máy thời gian (Vietnamese), peiriant amser [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (colloquial, euphemistic) A bed. Tags: colloquial, euphemistic
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "device used to travel in time",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mașina timpului"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mašína vrémeni",
          "sense": "device used to travel in time",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "маши́на вре́мени"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device used to travel in time",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вре̏мепло̄в"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device used to travel in time",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vrȅmeplōv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device used to travel in time",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "временска машина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device used to travel in time",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vremenska mašina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "device used to travel in time",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "časostroj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "device used to travel in time",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stroj času"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "device used to travel in time",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "časovni stroj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "device used to travel in time",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "máquina del tiempo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "device used to travel in time",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "tidsmaskin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "device used to travel in time",
          "word": "zaman makinası"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "mašýna čásu",
          "sense": "device used to travel in time",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "маши́на ча́су"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "device used to travel in time",
          "word": "cỗ máy thời gian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "device used to travel in time",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "peiriant amser"
        }
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        "A bed."
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        "(colloquial, euphemistic) A bed."
      ],
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        "colloquial",
        "euphemistic"
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    "H. G. Wells",
    "The Time Machine",
    "Time Machine"
  ],
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}
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    "Terms with Breton translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Cantonese translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Mongolian translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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      "word": "backwards time machine"
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      "word": "forward time machine"
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      "word": "Einstein-Rosen bridge"
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      "word": "wayback machine"
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          "ref": "2014, Ingrid Michaelson, Trent Dabbs, busbee (lyrics and music), “Time Machine”, in Lights Out, performed by Ingrid Michaelson:",
          "text": "If I had a time machine / And if life was a movie scene / I'd rewind, and I'd tell me / \"Ru-u-u-u-u-u-u-un\"",
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        "(colloquial, euphemistic) A bed."
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔālat zaman",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "آلَة زَمَن"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ribourzerez"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mašína na vréme",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "маши́на на вре́ме"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "時間機器"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "si⁴ gaan³ gei¹ hei³",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "时间机器"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "時間機器"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shíjiān jīqì",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "时间机器"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "時光機"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shíguāngjī",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "时光机"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stroj času"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "tidsmaskine"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tijdmachine"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "tempomaŝino"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "ajamasin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "aikakone"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "machine à explorer le temps"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "machine à voyager dans le temps"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "machine à remonter le temps"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "drois mankana",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "დროის მანქანა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeitmaschine"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chronomichaní",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "χρονομηχανή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "időgép"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tímavél"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "macchina del tempo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "taimumashin",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "タイムマシン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "taimumashīn",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "タイムマシーン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "taimmeosin",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "타임머신"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vremeplov",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "времеплов"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vremenska mašina",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "временска машина"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "cag xugacaany mašin",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "цаг хугацааны машин"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tidsmaskin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wehikuł czasu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "máquina do tempo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mașina timpului"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mašína vrémeni",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "маши́на вре́мени"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вре̏мепло̄в"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vrȅmeplōv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "временска машина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vremenska mašina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "časostroj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stroj času"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "časovni stroj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "máquina del tiempo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tidsmaskin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "zaman makinası"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mašýna čásu",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "маши́на ча́су"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "word": "cỗ máy thời gian"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "device used to travel in time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peiriant amser"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "H. G. Wells",
    "The Time Machine",
    "Time Machine"
  ],
  "word": "time machine"
}

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