machin

From French machine.

machin

1. machine; engine
2. truck; van

Back-formation from machine, converted to a masculine noun.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʃɛ̃/

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machin m (plural machins)

1. thingy, thingamabob

To refer to people the form Machin is used.

• Machin

• bidule m
• truc m

• “machin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

French machine.

• IPA^(key): /maʃin/

machin

1. car
2. engine
3. machine
4. vehicle

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.xin/
• Rhymes: -axin
• Syllabification: ma‧chin

machin f

1. genitive plural of machina