machinne
Appearance
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French machine, borrowed from Latin machina, itself borrowed from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhanā́, “machine, tool”). Compare French machine.
Noun
[edit]machinne f (plural machinnes)
- (Jersey) machine
- 2013 March, Geraint Jennings, “Mar martello”, in The Town Crier[1], archived from the original on 13 March 2016, page 20:
- Dans les clios étout nou vait des tracteurs et des machinnes tandi qu'lé travas du fèrmyi r'prend san rhythme coumme tréjous.
- In the fields tractors and machines can be seen too as farm work picks up again as always.