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Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin machina (“device, mill”). Doublet of macchina (“machine, car”), which was borrowed.
Pronunciation
Noun
macina f (plural macine)
- millstone, grindstone, quern, burr
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Anagrams
Tarifit
Etymology
Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic ماشينة (māšīna), from French machine.
Noun
macina f (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⴰⵛⵉⵏⴰ, plural macinat)
- train, locomotive
- machine, apparatus, device