Mach
/mɑːk/
Mach proper noun: a surname from Czech. Also the clipping of Machiavellian.
Proper noun
Mach
Noun
Mach (countable and uncountable, plural Machs)
- A ratio of the speed (of an object, etc.) to the speed of sound in the fluid or other medium through which the object travels. Usually used to describe supersonic speeds; always precedes the Mach number.
- The jet traveled at Mach 3.
Phrase capitalized: MACH
MACH
Also used as
Mach is also the clipping of Machiavellian.
Forms of Mach
| plural | Machs |
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Origin of Mach
* As a Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, and Lower Sorbian surname, from pet forms produced by truncation of personal names beginning with Ma- such as Matej, Martin, or Maciej, and the addition of the Slavic suffix -ch. * As a Jewish surname, from German Mache (“work”). * Less commonly, a respelling of Hungarian Mács, a pet form of names corresponding to Matthew. * In some cases, from Vietnamese (Mạch, itself from the Chinese name 麥 /麦) or Cambodian, from Khmer ម៉ាច (maac).
Words formed from Mach
- Mach diamond
- Mach effect
- Mach front
- Machmeter
- Mach number
- Mach stem
- Mach tuck
- Mach wave
Phrases with Mach
- Mach band
- Mach cone
- Mach angle
- Mach bands
- mach bhaja
- Mach stems
- Mach tucks
- Mach waves
- Mach angles
- Mach fronts
- Mach tucked
- Mach tucking
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Words that rhyme with Mach
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Questions about Mach
- What does Mach mean?
- Mach means a surname from Czech.
- What part of speech is Mach?
- Mach can be a proper noun, a noun or a phrase.
- How do you pronounce Mach?
- Mach is pronounced /mɑːk/.
Words near Mach in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Mach (page history and authors); MACH (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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