machinist

English

Etymology

From French machiniste, from machine (“machine, mechanical device”), from Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “machine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈʃiː.nɪst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

machinist (plural machinists)

1. A constructor of machines and engines; someone knowledgeable about machines.
2. A person skilled in the use of machine tools for fashioning metal parts or tools out of metal.
3. A person who operates machinery.

   Synonyms: machine operator, operator

4. A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.

   Synonym: stage machinist

Derived terms

• machinist block

Translations

constructor of machines and engines — see also mechanic

• Bulgarian: машиностроител m (mašinostroitel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 機械師 / 机械师 (zh) (jīxièshī)

• Czech: mechanik (cs) m
• Dutch: werktuigbouwkundige (nl) m
• Finnish: koneenrakentaja, koneensuunnittelija
• Galician: maquinista (gl) m or f
• Greek: μηχανουργός (el) m or f (michanourgós), μηχανικός (el) m or f (michanikós), μηχανολόγος (el) m or f (michanológos)

  Ancient Greek: μηχανοποιός m (mēkhanopoiós)

• Latin: māchinātor m
• Portuguese: maquinista (pt) m or f
• Romanian: mecanic (ro) m, mecanică (ro) f, mașinist (ro) m, mașinistă (ro) f
• Russian: меха́ник (ru) m (mexánik)
• Spanish: maquinista (es) m or f
• Swedish: maskiningenjör c, mekanikus (sv) c, konstruktör (sv) c, ingenjör (sv) c

one skilled in the use of machine tools

• Bulgarian: механик (bg) m (mehanik), машинист (bg) m (mašinist)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 機械師 / 机械师 (zh) (jīxièshī)

• Czech: strojník (cs) m
• Dutch: bankwerker (nl) m
• Finnish: koneistaja (fi)
• German: Schlosser (de) m
• Greek: μηχανικός (el) m or f (michanikós)
• Hungarian: gépész (hu)
• Romanian: mecanic (ro) m, mecanică (ro) f
• Russian: машини́ст (ru) m (mašiníst)

machine operator — see machine operator

person employed to shift scenery in a theater

• Dutch: machinist (nl) m
• Finnish: näyttämömies
• French: machiniste (fr) m
• Greek: μηχανικός σκηνής m or f (michanikós skinís)
• Romanian: mașinist (ro) m, mașinistă (ro) f
• Russian: машини́ст (ru) m (mašiníst)
• Spanish: tramoyista (es) m

Further reading

• “machinist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “machinist”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Dutch

Etymology

From French machiniste. By surface analysis, machine +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ.ʃiˈnɪst/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ma‧chi‧nist

Noun

machinist m (plural machinisten, diminutive machinistje n)

1. a machine-operator, engineer; notably:
   1. locomotive operator
   2. steam engines operator on a vessel
   3. machinist, scenery operator in a theater

Derived terms

• machinist-leerling
• machinistbankwerker
• machinistenschool
• scheepsmachinist

Descendants

• → Indonesian: masinis

Romanian

Noun

machinist m (plural machiniști)

1. obsolete form of mașinist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	machinist	machinistul	machiniști	machiniștii
genitive-dative	machinist	machinistului	machiniști	machiniștilor
vocative	machinistule		machiniștilor

References

• machinist in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN