mach

See also: Mach, Mach., MACH, mách, and mạch

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /max/

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• Homophone: mag (only according to a regional pronunciation of this word)
• Rhymes: -ax

Verb

mach

1. singular imperative of machen

Middle Dutch

Verb

mach

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of mōgen

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

mach

1. Alternative form of macche

Etymology 2

Verb

mach

1. Alternative form of macchen

Pennsylvania German

Verb

mach

1. first-person singular of mache
2. second-person singular imperative of mache

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmax/

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• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: mach
• Homophone: Mach

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maxъ. Deverbal from machać.

Noun

mach m inan

1. waving, flapping

Declension

Declension of mach

	singular	plural
nominative	mach	machy
genitive	machu	machów
dative	machowi	machom
accusative	mach	machy
instrumental	machem	machami
locative	machu	machach
vocative	machu	machy

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mach m animal

1. (Lublin) type of folk dance

   Synonym: wiater

Declension

Declension of mach

	singular	plural
nominative	mach	machy
genitive	macha	machów
dative	machowi	machom
accusative	macha	machy
instrumental	machem	machami
locative	machu	machach
vocative	machu	machy

Interjection

mach

1. used when some action is performed swiftly

Etymology 3

Named after Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach.

Noun

mach m inan

1. (physics) Mach number (ratio of the speed of a body to that of sound in the surrounding medium)

Declension

Declension of mach

	singular	plural
nominative	mach	machy
genitive	macha	machów
dative	machowi	machom
accusative	mach	machy
instrumental	machem	machami
locative	machu	machach
vocative	machu	machy

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mach f

1. genitive plural of macha

Further reading

• mach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego/mach on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource ^pl

Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit मक्षी (makṣī, “fly”).

Noun

mach f

1. fly (insect)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mach or French Mach.

Noun

mach m (plural machi)

1. mach

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mach	machul		machi	machii
genitive-dative	mach	machului		machi	machilor
vocative	machule			machilor

Scottish Gaelic

Adverb

mach

1. Clipping of a-mach (“out”).

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mach m (Cyrillic spelling мацх)

1. Obsolete spelling of mah.

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъxъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [max]

Noun

mach m inan (related adjective machový or (literary) mašný)

1. moss

Declension

Declension of mach (pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	mach	machy
genitive	machu	machov
dative	machu	machom
accusative	mach	machy
locative	machu	machoch
instrumental	machom	machmi

Further reading

• “mach”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːχ/
• Rhymes: -aːχ

Adjective

mach

1. Nasal mutation of bach (“small”).

Noun

mach

1. Nasal mutation of bach (“hook”).

Mutation

Mutated forms of bach

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bach	fach	mach	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.