macchina

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin machina (“a machine, engine, contrivance, device, stratagem, trick”), from Ancient Greek μαχανά (makhaná). Compare the inherited doublet macina (“grindstone”).

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Noun

macchina f (plural macchine)

  1. machine
  2. car, motorcar
    Synonym: automobile
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