machiniste
French, noun/ma.ʃi.nist/
machiniste is spelled M-A-C-H-I-N-I-S-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 51,352nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Machiniste is a French feminine noun meaning “machine operator, machinist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui ou celle qui place ou déplace des décors, des machines de théâtre”.
What does machiniste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemachine operator, machinist
- 2
femininemasculinegrip (person responsible for handling equipment on a film set)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui ou celle qui place ou déplace des décors, des machines de théâtre. 2. Technicien ou technicienne responsable des systèmes de fixation de la caméra et des déplacements d’appareils effectués avec ces systèmes. 3. Conducteur d’une machine quelle qu’elle soit ; conducteur d’engins de travaux publics. 4. Dans le langage de l’administration, conducteur d’un autobus, d’un tramway, etc.
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 machiniste
- machinistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce machiniste?
- /ma.ʃi.nist/
- \ma.ʃi.nist\
- [ma.ʃi.niɬ͡st]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to machiniste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is machiniste in French?
machiniste appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).