machinery
/məˈʃiːnəɹi/noun
machinery is spelled M-A-C-H-I-N-E-R-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, machinery means “The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of machinery is machineries.
How many letters and syllables are in machinery?
| Letters | 9: M-A-C-H-I-N-E-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 6,884th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is machinery?
Machinery appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce machinery?
- /məˈʃiːnəɹi/
Machinery has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-machinery.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of machinery
- machineries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does machinery mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 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
The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate machinery?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of machinery: Mach..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Machinery in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | machines, parc de machines , pièces, machinerie , mécanique |
| German | Maschinerie, maschinelle Ausrüstung , Räder, Einzelteile |
| Portuguese | maquinaria, maquinário |
| Spanish | máquinas, maquinaria |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does machinery come from?
From machine + -ery. Compare French machinerie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).