machiner
English
Etymology
machine + -er
Noun
machiner (plural machiners)
- One who operates a machine.
- (obsolete) A horse employed to pull a vehicle.
Synonyms
- (one who operates a machine): machinist
- (a horse): coach horse, post horse
Anagrams
- Reichman, chairmen
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin māchinārī (“scheme, plot”), a verb based on Latin māchina (“machine, contrivance, device, scheme”), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek. See also machine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ʃi.ne/
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Verb
machiner
- (transitive) to equip with machines
- (transitive) to machinate
- (transitive) to scheme
Conjugation
Conjugation of machiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | machiner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | machinant /ma.ʃi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | machiné /ma.ʃi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | machine /ma.ʃin/ | machines /ma.ʃin/ | machine /ma.ʃin/ | machinons /ma.ʃi.nɔ̃/ | machinez /ma.ʃi.ne/ | machinent /ma.ʃin/ |
| imperfect | machinais /ma.ʃi.nɛ/ | machinais /ma.ʃi.nɛ/ | machinait /ma.ʃi.nɛ/ | machinions /ma.ʃi.njɔ̃/ | machiniez /ma.ʃi.nje/ | machinaient /ma.ʃi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | machinai /ma.ʃi.ne/ | machinas /ma.ʃi.na/ | machina /ma.ʃi.na/ | machinâmes /ma.ʃi.nam/ | machinâtes /ma.ʃi.nat/ | machinèrent /ma.ʃi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | machinerai /ma.ʃin.ʁe/ | machineras /ma.ʃin.ʁa/ | machinera /ma.ʃin.ʁa/ | machinerons /ma.ʃin.ʁɔ̃/ | machinerez /ma.ʃin.ʁe/ | machineront /ma.ʃin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | machinerais /ma.ʃin.ʁɛ/ | machinerais /ma.ʃin.ʁɛ/ | machinerait /ma.ʃin.ʁɛ/ | machinerions /ma.ʃi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | machineriez /ma.ʃi.nə.ʁje/ | machineraient /ma.ʃin.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | machine /ma.ʃin/ | machines /ma.ʃin/ | machine /ma.ʃin/ | machinions /ma.ʃi.njɔ̃/ | machiniez /ma.ʃi.nje/ | machinent /ma.ʃin/ |
| imperfect2 | machinasse /ma.ʃi.nas/ | machinasses /ma.ʃi.nas/ | machinât /ma.ʃi.na/ | machinassions /ma.ʃi.na.sjɔ̃/ | machinassiez /ma.ʃi.na.sje/ | machinassent /ma.ʃi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | machine /ma.ʃin/ | — | machinons /ma.ʃi.nɔ̃/ | machinez /ma.ʃi.ne/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- machination
- machine
Further reading
- “machiner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
māchiner
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of māchinor