machiner

English

Etymology

machine +‎ -er

Noun

machiner (plural machiners)

  1. One who operates a machine.
  2. (obsolete) A horse employed to pull a vehicle.

Synonyms

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin māchinārī (“scheme, plot”), a verb based on Latin māchina (“machine, contrivance, device, scheme”), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek. See also machine.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.ʃi.ne/
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Verb

machiner

  1. (transitive) to equip with machines
  2. (transitive) to machinate
  3. (transitive) to scheme

Conjugation
Conjugation of machiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple machiner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple machinant
/ma.ʃi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle machiné
/ma.ʃi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present machine
/ma.ʃin/		 machines
/ma.ʃin/		 machine
/ma.ʃin/		 machinons
/ma.ʃi.nɔ̃/		 machinez
/ma.ʃi.ne/		 machinent
/ma.ʃin/
imperfect machinais
/ma.ʃi.nɛ/		 machinais
/ma.ʃi.nɛ/		 machinait
/ma.ʃi.nɛ/		 machinions
/ma.ʃi.njɔ̃/		 machiniez
/ma.ʃi.nje/		 machinaient
/ma.ʃi.nɛ/
past historic2 machinai
/ma.ʃi.ne/		 machinas
/ma.ʃi.na/		 machina
/ma.ʃi.na/		 machinâmes
/ma.ʃi.nam/		 machinâtes
/ma.ʃi.nat/		 machinèrent
/ma.ʃi.nɛʁ/
future machinerai
/ma.ʃin.ʁe/		 machineras
/ma.ʃin.ʁa/		 machinera
/ma.ʃin.ʁa/		 machinerons
/ma.ʃin.ʁɔ̃/		 machinerez
/ma.ʃin.ʁe/		 machineront
/ma.ʃin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional machinerais
/ma.ʃin.ʁɛ/		 machinerais
/ma.ʃin.ʁɛ/		 machinerait
/ma.ʃin.ʁɛ/		 machinerions
/ma.ʃi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 machineriez
/ma.ʃi.nə.ʁje/		 machineraient
/ma.ʃin.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present machine
/ma.ʃin/		 machines
/ma.ʃin/		 machine
/ma.ʃin/		 machinions
/ma.ʃi.njɔ̃/		 machiniez
/ma.ʃi.nje/		 machinent
/ma.ʃin/
imperfect2 machinasse
/ma.ʃi.nas/		 machinasses
/ma.ʃi.nas/		 machinât
/ma.ʃi.na/		 machinassions
/ma.ʃi.na.sjɔ̃/		 machinassiez
/ma.ʃi.na.sje/		 machinassent
/ma.ʃi.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — machine
/ma.ʃin/		 — machinons
/ma.ʃi.nɔ̃/		 machinez
/ma.ʃi.ne/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants
  • → Romanian: mașina

Further reading

Latin

Verb

māchiner

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of māchinor
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