màchina
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Sicilian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin machina. Compare Italian macchina and dialectal machina.
Noun[edit]
màchina f (plural màchini)
- device, machine (object that allows to perform certain actions)
- machination, plot (secret evil plan)
- very large structure
- È na màchina st'edificiu!
- This building is huge!
- (literally, “This building is a machine!”)
- cavafango (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “màchina”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2316
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “màchina”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 69
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “màchina”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), pages 502–503