machination
French, noun/ma.ʃi.na.sjɔ̃/
machination is spelled M-A-C-H-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machination is a French feminine noun meaning “machination, intrigue (undercover or underhanded plot or scheme)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Intrigue, menée secrète pour faire réussir quelque mauvais dessein, quelque complot, pour nuire à quelqu’un…”.
What does machination mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemachination, intrigue (undercover or underhanded plot or scheme)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Intrigue, menée secrète pour faire réussir quelque mauvais dessein, quelque complot, pour nuire à quelqu’un, pour le perdre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of machination
- machinations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machination?
- /ma.ʃi.na.sjɔ̃/
- \ma.ʃi.na.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to machination
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is machination in French?
machination appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).