machiner
French, verb/ma.ʃi.ne/
machiner is spelled M-A-C-H-I-N-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written French, the 258,710th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machiner is a French verb meaning “to equip with machines” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ourdir, tramer en secret, manigancer”.
What does machiner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to equip with machines
- 2
to machinate
- 3
to scheme
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ourdir, tramer en secret, manigancer. 2. Verbe pantonymique utilisé pour désigner une action qu’on ne veut pas ou qu’on ne sait pas nommer plus précisément, ou quand le contexte permet de préciser le sens. 3. Munir de certains appareils.
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 machiner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- machinant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- machiné participle past
- machine first-person indicative present
- machines indicative present second-person
- machinons first-person indicative plural
- machinez indicative plural present
- machinent indicative plural present
- machinais first-person imperfect indicative
- machinait imperfect indicative singular
- machinions first-person imperfect indicative
- machiniez imperfect indicative plural
- machinaient imperfect indicative plural
- machinai first-person historic indicative
- machinas historic indicative past
- machina historic indicative past
- machinâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machiner?
- /ma.ʃi.ne/
- \ma.ʃi.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is machiner in French?
machiner appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).