"machinal" meaning in English

See machinal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more machinal [comparative], most machinal [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Middle French machinebor. English machine Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English machinal From machine + -al. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|machine|-al|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Middle French machinebor. English machine Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English machinal [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "machine", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "machine", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ālis", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-al", "lang" : "fro" }, { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*-ālis", "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "title" : "-ālis", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-el", "lang" : "fro" }, { "is_duplicate" : true, "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*-ālis", "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "title" : "-ālis", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-al", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-al", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "machinal", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="machinal"> From machine + -al. Head templates: {{en-adj}} machinal (comparative more machinal, superlative most machinal)
  1. Of, or pertaining to machines. Translations (Of, or pertaining to machines): машинен (mašinen) (Bulgarian), მანქანური (mankanuri) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-machinal-en-adj-oX7-ukJu Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 57 43 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'Of, or pertaining to machines': 95 5
  2. In the manner or style of a machine.
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