macchina
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- machina (archaic or dialectal)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin machina (“engine, device, mill”), from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná). Compare the inherited doublet macina (“grindstone”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]macchina f (plural macchine)
- machine
- (informal) car, motorcar
- Synonym: automobile
Related terms
[edit]- macchinale
- macchinare
- macchinario
- macchinatore
- macchinazione
- macchinetta
- macchinismo
- macchinista
- macchinoso
- meccanico
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- macchina in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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- Italian terms borrowed from Latin
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- Italian doublets
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- Rhymes:Italian/akkina
- Rhymes:Italian/akkina/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
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