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machinal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables
machi-nal
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or pertaining to machines.

adj

In the manner or style of a machine.

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle French machinebor. English machine Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English machinal From machine + -al.

Inflected Forms

more machinal (comparative) most machinal (superlative)

Questions

What does machinal mean?
Of, or pertaining to machines.
Where does machinal come from?
Etymology tree Middle French machinebor. English machine Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English machinal From machine + -al.

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