Polyglot Dictionary

machin

/maʃɛ̃/

le noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Colloquial Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les machins

Meaning

  1. thingy, whatsit

    • Tu peux me passer le machin, là-bas ?

      Can you pass me the thingy over there?

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Practice

1 What does machin mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tu peux me passer le ___, là-bas ?

3 Which fingerprint chart matches machin?

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