machinne

Norman

Etymology

From Old French machine, borrowed from Latin machina, itself borrowed from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhanā́, “machine, tool”). Compare French machine.

Noun

machinne f (plural machinnes)

1. (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.