Mach

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UK/mɑːk/UK/mæk/UK/maːx/

proper noun

A surname from Czech.

“The jet traveled at Mach 3.”

OriginGerman Mache ← Hungarian Mács ← Khmer ម៉ាច →
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Meanings

Mach1

proper noun
  1. A surname from Czech.
  2. Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist (1838–1916), born in Moravia (now Czech Republic).
nounMach (countable and uncountable, plural Machs)

plural Machs

  1. uncountablenatural sciencesA 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.

  2. abbreviationclippingcountableinformalClipping of Machiavellian.

    The 1992 review concluded that Machs are generally less satisfied with their jobs.

    2013, Mark R. Leary, Rick H. Hoyle, Handbook of Individual Differences in Social Behavior, page 97

MACH2

phrase
  1. abbreviationacronymcomputingAcronym of microservices, API-first, cloud-native, headless.

Origin

  1. Khmerម៉ាច
  2. HungarianMács
  3. GermanMache“work”
  4. EnglishMach

* 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).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 馬赫 /马赫
  • 馬赫 /马赫 (Mǎhè)ratio — see also Mach number
Dutch mach
  • machratio — see also Mach number
Finnish Mach
  • Machratio — see also Mach number
German Mach
  • Machratio — see also Mach number
Japanese マッハ
  • マッハ (mahha)ratio — see also Mach number
Korean 마하
  • 마하 (maha)ratio — see also Mach number
Portuguese Mach
  • Machratio — see also Mach number
Spanish Mach
  • Machratio — see also Mach number

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Mach

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Mach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mach

MLA

“Mach.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mach. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mach,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mach.

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