mécanique
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Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin mechanicus (“of or belonging to machines”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines”), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, contrivance”) (whence machine).
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Adjective[edit]
mécanique (plural mécaniques)
- mechanical (of or pertaining to a machine)
- laveuse mécanique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- escalier mécanique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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Noun[edit]
mécanique f (plural mécaniques)
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Further reading[edit]
- “mécanique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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