machinery

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

• Catalan: maquinària (ca) f
• Danish: maskineri n
• Dutch: machinery f, machinepark (nl) n
• Finnish: koneet (fi) pl
• French: machines (fr) f pl
• Hindi: मशीनरी (hi) f (maśīnrī)
• Khmer: គ្រឿងចក្រ (krɨəng cak)
• Navajo: tʼáadoo leʼé naanídeíjeehígíí
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• 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

• Catalan: maquinària (ca) f
• Danish: maskineri n
• Dutch: machinerie (nl) f, mechaniek (nl)
• Finnish: koneisto (fi)
• French: pièces (fr) f pl, machinerie (fr) f
• Hindi: मशीनरी (hi) f (maśīnrī)
• Hungarian: gép (hu), szerkezet (hu)
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• 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
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• 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. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} الْآلَات pl (al-ʔālāt)
• 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)
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• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 기계류 (gigyeryu)
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 机械装置 (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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “machinery”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• hemicrany