Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin māchinārī (scheme, plot), a verb based on Latin māchina (device, scheme), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek. Morphological doublet of macinare, an inherited form.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mak.kiˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: mac‧chi‧nà‧re

Verb edit

macchinàre (first-person singular present màcchino, first-person singular past historic macchinài, past participle macchinàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. to plot, to contrive, to machinate
  2. (poetic, rare) to machine

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Further reading edit

  • macchinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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