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machinist

/məˈʃiː.nɪst/

machinist noun: a constructor of machines and engines; someone knowledgeable about machines.

Noun

machinist (plural machinists)

  1. A constructor of machines and engines; someone knowledgeable about machines.
  2. A person skilled in the use of machine tools for fashioning metal parts or tools out of metal.
  3. A person who operates machinery.
  4. A person employed to shift scenery in a theater.
    Synonyms:
    stage machinist

machinist meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

machinist in Tamil

எந்திர வினைஞர், எந்திர வேலையாள்

machinist in Malayalam

operator, operative, machine-minder
മെഷീനിസ്റ്റ്, യന്ത്രപ്രവർത്തകൻ, യന്ത്രനിർമ്മാതാവ്, യന്ത്രം നന്നാക്കുന്നയാൾ, യന്ത്രവിദഗ്ദ്ധൻ, യന്ത്രപ്പണിക്കാരൻ

machinist in Kannada

ಯಂತ್ರಕಾರ, ಯಂತ್ರಶಿಲ್ಪಿ, ಯಾಂತ್ರಿಕ, ಯಂತ್ರಕ

Synonyms of machinist

Forms of machinist

pluralmachinists

Plural of machinist: machinists

Origin of machinist

From French machiniste, from machine (“machine, mechanical device”), from Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “machine”).

Words formed from machinist

Phrases with machinist

Questions about machinist

What does machinist mean?
Machinist means a constructor of machines and engines; someone knowledgeable about machines.
What is machinist in Tamil?
Machinist in Tamil is எந்திர வினைஞர், எந்திர வேலையாள். See Machinist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is machinist?
Machinist is a noun.
How do you pronounce machinist?
Machinist is pronounced /məˈʃiː.nɪst/.
What is the plural of machinist?
The plural of machinist is machinists.

Words near machinist in the dictionary

  1. machinise
  2. machinised
  3. machinises
  4. machinising
  5. machinism
  6. machinist
  7. machinist block
  8. machinist blocks
  9. machinistic
  10. machinists
  11. machinization

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: machinist (page history and authors); machinist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); machinist (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); machinist (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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