machiner

English

Etymology

machine +‎ -er

Noun

machiner (plural machiners)

  1. One who operates a machine.
  2. (obsolete) A horse employed to pull a vehicle.

Synonyms

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin māchinārī, present active infinitive of māchinor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.ʃi.ne/

Verb

machiner

  1. (transitive) to equip with machines
  2. (transitive) to machinate
  3. (transitive) to scheme

Conjugation
Conjugation of machiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle machinant
/ma.ʃi.nɑ̃/
past participle machiné
/ma.ʃi.ne/
infinitive
simple machiner
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple machinant
/ma.ʃi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present machine
/ma.ʃin/		 machines
/ma.ʃin/		 machine
/ma.ʃin/		 machinons
/ma.ʃi.nɔ̃/		 machinez
/ma.ʃi.ne/		 machinent
/ma.ʃin/
imperfect machinais
/ma.ʃi.nɛ/		 machinais
/ma.ʃi.nɛ/		 machinait
/ma.ʃi.nɛ/		 machinions
/ma.ʃi.njɔ̃/		 machiniez
/ma.ʃi.nje/		 machinaient
/ma.ʃi.nɛ/
past historic2 machinai
/ma.ʃi.ne/		 machinas
/ma.ʃi.na/		 machina
/ma.ʃi.na/		 machinâmes
/ma.ʃi.nam/		 machinâtes
/ma.ʃi.nat/		 machinèrent
/ma.ʃi.nɛʁ/
future machinerai
/ma.ʃin.ʁe/		 machineras
/ma.ʃin.ʁa/		 machinera
/ma.ʃin.ʁa/		 machinerons
/ma.ʃin.ʁɔ̃/		 machinerez
/ma.ʃin.ʁe/		 machineront
/ma.ʃin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional machinerais
/ma.ʃin.ʁɛ/		 machinerais
/ma.ʃin.ʁɛ/		 machinerait
/ma.ʃin.ʁɛ/		 machinerions
/ma.ʃi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 machineriez
/ma.ʃi.nə.ʁje/		 machineraient
/ma.ʃin.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present machine
/ma.ʃin/		 machines
/ma.ʃin/		 machine
/ma.ʃin/		 machinions
/ma.ʃi.njɔ̃/		 machiniez
/ma.ʃi.nje/		 machinent
/ma.ʃin/
imperfect2 machinasse
/ma.ʃi.nas/		 machinasses
/ma.ʃi.nas/		 machinât
/ma.ʃi.na/		 machinassions
/ma.ʃi.na.sjɔ̃/		 machinassiez
/ma.ʃi.na.sje/		 machinassent
/ma.ʃi.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — machine
/ma.ʃin/		 — machinons
/ma.ʃi.nɔ̃/		 machinez
/ma.ʃi.ne/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

māchiner

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of māchinor
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