"machine" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ma.ʃin/ Audio: Fr-machine.ogg Forms: machines [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French machine, borrowed from Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), itself a borrowing from Doric Ancient Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhanā́). Not to be confused with machin, which means "thing". Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|machine|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French machine, {{inh+|fr|frm|machine}} Inherited from Middle French machine, {{bor|fr|la|machina||a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick}} Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), {{der|fr|grc|μᾱχᾰνᾱ́}} Ancient Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhanā́), {{m|fr|machin}} machin Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} machine f (plural machines)
  1. machine, device Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-machine-fr-noun-yp81emFZ
  2. (slang) machine (a person who is very efficient) Tags: feminine, slang
    Sense id: en-machine-fr-noun-zK7tuFlo Categories (other): Caribbean Hindustani terms in nonstandard scripts, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Caribbean Hindustani terms in nonstandard scripts: 8 92 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: machinal, machination, machiner, machinisme, machiniste, mécanique, mécanisme

Inflected forms

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      "word": "code machine"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "faire machine arrière"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "faire une machine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "langage machine"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "machine à boule"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "machine à café"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "machine à coudre"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "machine à écrire"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "machine à explorer le temps"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "machine à laver"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "machine à plastifier"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "machine à sous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "machine à vapeur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "machine à voyager dans le temps"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "machine de Turing"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "depth": 1,
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "ipa": "/ma.ʃin/"
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    {
      "word": "langage machine"
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    {
      "word": "machine à boule"
    },
    {
      "word": "machine à café"
    },
    {
      "word": "machine à coudre"
    },
    {
      "word": "machine à écrire"
    },
    {
      "word": "machine à explorer le temps"
    },
    {
      "word": "machine à laver"
    },
    {
      "word": "machine à plastifier"
    },
    {
      "word": "machine à sous"
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    {
      "word": "machine à vapeur"
    },
    {
      "word": "machine à voyager dans le temps"
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      "word": "machine de Turing"
    },
    {
      "word": "salle des machines"
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      "depth": 1,
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      "depth": 1,
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Norwegian:",
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      "text": "→ Norwegian: maskin"
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          "args": {
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          "name": "q"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Swedish: maskin",
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  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French machine, borrowed from Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), itself a borrowing from Doric Ancient Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhanā́). Not to be confused with machin, which means \"thing\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "machines",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "machine f (plural machines)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "machinal"
    },
    {
      "word": "machination"
    },
    {
      "word": "machiner"
    },
    {
      "word": "machinisme"
    },
    {
      "word": "machiniste"
    },
    {
      "word": "mécanique"
    },
    {
      "word": "mécanisme"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "machine, device"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "machine",
          "machine#English"
        ],
        [
          "device",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French slang",
        "French terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "What a guy, he's a real machine!",
          "text": "Ce type, c’est une vraie machine!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "machine (a person who is very efficient)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "machine",
          "machine#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) machine (a person who is very efficient)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ma.ʃin/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-machine.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/44/Fr-machine.ogg/Fr-machine.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Fr-machine.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "machine"
}

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