machinal
English
Etymology
Adjective
machinal (comparative more machinal, superlative most machinal)
French
Adjective
machinal (feminine machinale, masculine plural machinaux, feminine plural machinales)
Further reading
- “machinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
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Etymology
Probably from Mozarabic *machinal, from Late Latin machina (“scaffold”), form machina (“machine, tool”). Cognate with Spanish mechinal.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
machinal m (plural machinais)
- (architecture) putlog hole; hole made in a wall and used for scaffolding or ventilation
See also
References
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- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “machinal”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
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- ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. machinal.