machinery

English

Etymology

From French machinerie (“machinery”), from machine (“machine”); see machine.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mə-shē'nə-rē, IPA^(key): /məˈʃiːnəɹi/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːnəɹi

Noun

machinery (countable and uncountable, plural machineries)

1. The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively.
2. The working parts of a machine as a group.
3. The collective parts of something which allow it to function.

   All of the machinery of the law was brought to bear on the investigation.

4. (figuratively) The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect.

Derived terms

• heavy machinery
• political machinery

Related terms

• machinist

Translations

machines constituting a production apparatus

• Bulgarian: съоръжения (bg) n pl (sǎorǎženija)
• Catalan: maquinària (ca) f
• Danish: maskineri n
• Dutch: machinery f, machinepark (nl) n
• Esperanto: maŝinaro
• Finnish: koneet (fi) pl
• French: machines (fr) f pl, parc de machines (fr) m
• German: Maschinerie (de) f, maschinelle Ausrüstung
• Hindi: मशीनरी (hi) f (maśīnrī)
• Khmer: គ្រឿងចក្រ (krɨəng cak)
• Navajo: tʼáadoo leʼé naanídeíjeehígíí
• Norman: machinn'nie f
• Polish: maszyneria (pl) f
• Portuguese: maquinaria (pt) f, maquinário (pt) m
• Romanian: mașinărie (ro) f
• Russian: обору́дование (ru) n (oborúdovanije), маши́ны (ru) f pl (mašíny)
• Spanish: máquinas (es) f pl, maquinaria (es) f
• Swedish: maskineri (sv) n
• Tagalog: makinarya, kasigmuan
• Welsh: peirianwaith m

working parts of a machine as a group

• Bulgarian: механизъм (bg) m (mehanizǎm)
• Catalan: maquinària (ca) f
• Danish: maskineri n
• Dutch: machinerie (nl) f, mechaniek (nl)
• Finnish: koneisto (fi)
• French: pièces (fr) f pl, machinerie (fr) f
• German: Maschinerie (de) f
• Hindi: मशीनरी (hi) f (maśīnrī)
• Hungarian: gép (hu), szerkezet (hu)
• Malay: jentera (ms)
• Romanian: mecanism (ro) n
• Russian: механи́зм (ru) m (mexanízm)
• Spanish: maquinaria (es) f
• Swedish: maskineri (sv) n
• Tagalog: makinarya, kasigmuan
• Welsh: peirianwaith m

collective parts of something which allow it to function

• Bulgarian: машинария f (mašinarija)
• Czech: mašinérie f
• Danish: maskineri n
• Dutch: machinerie (nl) f
• Finnish: koneisto (fi)
• French: mécanique (fr) f
• German: Maschinerie (de) f (derogatory), Räder (de) n pl (derogatory), Einzelteile (de) n pl, Rädchen (de) n pl (fig.)
• Hungarian: gépezet (hu)
• Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីន (km) (maasɨn)
• Romanian: mașinărie (ro) f
• Russian: механи́зм (ru) m (mexanízm)
• Spanish: maquinaria (es) f
• Swedish: maskineri (sv) n
• Tagalog: makinarya, kasigmuan

literary devices used in a work

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} الْآلَات pl (al-ʔālāt)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} macchinario (it) m
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 機械類 (きかいるい, kikairui)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 기계류 (gigyeryu)
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 机械装置 (zh) (jī xiè zhuāng zhì)
• Piedmontese: ^{(please verify)} machinari m
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} mašinerija (sh) f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} maquinaria (es) f, ^{(please verify)} mecánica (es) f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} maskineri (sv)

Further reading

• “machinery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “machinery”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• hemicrany