màquina

Learned borrowing from Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μᾱχανᾱ́ (mākhanā́).

Compare Italian macchina for the sense of 'car, automobile' in Algherese.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.ki.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈma.ki.na]

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màquina f (plural màquines)

1. machine (device that controls energy)
2. (Alghero) car, automobile

• “màquina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007