machinal

English

Etymology

machine +‎ -al

Adjective

machinal (comparative more machinal, superlative most machinal)

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

Translations

Of, or pertaining to machines

• Bulgarian: машинен (mašinen)

Anagrams

• Minchala

French

Etymology

From machine +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʃi.nal/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

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

1. automatic, unconscious, unvoluntary, mindless

Derived terms

• machinalement

Further reading

• “machinal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃiˈnal/

Noun

machinal m (plural machinais)

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

See also

• bordinga

References

• “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.