"machin" meaning in French

See machin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ma.ʃɛ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-machin.wav [Switzerland] Forms: machins [plural]
Etymology: From machine, converted to a masculine noun. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|machine}} machine Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} machin m (plural machins)
  1. thingy, thingamabob Tags: masculine Related terms: bidule [masculine], truc [masculine]
    Sense id: en-machin-fr-noun-tO86NWdg Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for machin meaning in French (1.3kB)

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