machinery

English

Etymology

From French machinerie (“machinery”), from machine (“machine”); see machine.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mə-shē'nə-rē, IPA^(key): /məˈʃiːnəɹi/
• Rhymes: -iːnəɹi

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Noun

machinery (countable and uncountable, plural machinery)

1. The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
2. The working parts of a machine as a group.
3. The collective parts of something which allow it to function.
4. (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect

Derived terms

• heavy machinery
• political machinery

Related terms

• machinist

Translations

machines constituting a production apparatus

• Danish: maskineri n
• Dutch: machinery f, machinepark (nl) n
• Finnish: koneet (fi) pl
• French: machines (fr) f pl
• Khmer: គ្រឿងចក្រ (krɨəng cak)
• Navajo: tʼáadoo leʼé naanídeíjeehígíí
• Norman: machinn'nie f

• Portuguese: maquinaria f, maquinário (pt) m
• Romanian: mașinărie (ro) f
• Russian: обору́дование (ru) n (oborúdovanije), маши́ны (ru) f pl (mašíny)
• Spanish: máquinas (es) f pl, maquinaria (es) f
• Tagalog: kasigmuan
• Welsh: peirianwaith m

working parts of a machine as a group

• Danish: maskineri n
• Dutch: machinerie (nl) f, mechaniek (nl)
• Finnish: koneisto (fi)
• French: pièces (fr) f pl, machinerie (fr) f
• Hungarian: gép (hu), szerkezet (hu)
• Malay: jentera

• Romanian: mecanism (ro) n
• Russian: механи́зм (ru) m (mexanízm)
• Spanish: maquinaria (es) f
• Tagalog: kasigmuan
• Welsh: peirianwaith m

collective parts of something which allow it to function

• Czech: mašinérie f
• Danish: maskineri n
• Dutch: machinerie (nl) f
• Finnish: koneisto (fi)
• French: machinerie (fr)
• German: please add this translation if you can

• Hungarian: gépezet (hu)
• Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីន (km) (maasɨn)
• Romanian: mașinărie (ro) f
• Russian: механи́зм (ru) m (mexanízm)
• Spanish: maquinaria (es) f
• Tagalog: kasigmuan

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} الْآلَات‎ pl (al-ʾālāt)
• French: ^{(please verify)} mécanique (fr) f, ^{(please verify)} machinierie, ^{(please verify)} méchanique (fr), ^{(please verify)} parc de machines
• German: ^{(please verify)} Maschinerie (de) f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} macchinario (it) m
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 機械類 (きかいるい, kikairui)

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 기계류 (gigyeryu)
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 机械装置 (zh) (jī xiè zhuāng zhì)
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} mašinerija (sh) f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} maquinaria (es) f, ^{(please verify)} mecánica (es) f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} maskineri

Further reading

• machinery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• machinery in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• hemicrany