machinal

machine +‎ -al

machinal (comparative more machinal, superlative most machinal)

1. Of, or pertaining to machines.
2. In the manner or style of a machine.

machinal (feminine singular machinale, masculine plural machinaux, feminine plural machinales)

1. machinal

• “machinal” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Probably from Mozarabic *machinal, from Late Latin machina (“scaffold”), form machina (“machine, tool”). Cognate with Spanish mechinal.[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃiˈnal/

machinal m (plural machinais)

1. (architecture) putlog hole; hole made in a wall and used for scaffolding or ventilation

• bordinga

• “machinal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “machinal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “machinal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.