Meanings
nounsewing machine (plural sewing machines)
plural sewing machines · alternative dated sewing-machine
- Any mechanical or electromechanical device used to stitch cloth or other material; normally uses two threads to form lock stitches.
Translations
Afrikaans naaimasjien
- naaimasjiendevice
Arabic مَاكِينَة خِيَاطَة
- مَاكِينَة خِيَاطَة (makīnat ḵiyāṭa)device
Bulgarian ше́вна маши́на
- ше́вна маши́на (šévna mašína)device
Catalan màquina de cosir
- màquina de cosirdevice
Chinese Cantonese 衣車 /衣车
- 衣車 /衣车 (ji¹ ce¹)device
Chinese Mandarin 縫紉機 /缝纫机
- 縫紉機 /缝纫机 (féngrènjī)device
Czech šicí stroj
- šicí strojdevice
Danish symaskine
- symaskinedevice
Dutch naaimachine
- naaimachinedevice
Esperanto kudromaŝino
- kudromaŝinodevice
Estonian õmblusmasin
- õmblusmasindevice
Finnish ompelukone
- ompelukonedevice
French machine à coudre
- machine à coudredevice
German Nähmaschine
- Nähmaschinedevice
Greek ραπτομηχανή
- ραπτομηχανή (raptomichaní)device
Hebrew מכונת תפירה
- מכונת תפירה (mekhonát tfirá)device
Hindi सिलाई मशीन
- सिलाई मशीन (silāī maśīn)device
Hungarian varrógép
- varrógépdevice
Icelandic saumavél
- saumavéldevice
Indonesian mesin jahit
- mesin jahitdevice
Irish inneall fuála
- inneall fuáladevice
Italian macchina da cucire, macchina per cucire
- macchina da cuciredevice
- macchina per cuciredevice
Japanese ミシン, 裁縫機械
- ミシン (mishin)device
- 裁縫機械 (saihō kikai)device
Korean 재봉틀, 미싱
- 재봉틀 (jaebongteul)device
- 미싱 (mising)device
Latvian šujmašīna
- šujmašīnadevice
Lithuanian siuvamoji mašina
- siuvamoji mašinadevice
Malay mesin jahit
- mesin jahitdevice
Norwegian Bokmål symaskin
- symaskindevice
Polish maszyna do szycia
- maszyna do szyciadevice
Portuguese máquina de costura
- máquina de costuradevice
Punjabi ਸਿਲਾਈ ਮਸ਼ੀਨ
- ਸਿਲਾਈ ਮਸ਼ੀਨ (silāī maśīn)device
Romanian mașină de cusut
- mașină de cusutdevice
Russian шве́йная маши́нка, шве́йная маши́на
- шве́йная маши́нка (švéjnaja mašínka)device
- шве́йная маши́на (švéjnaja mašína)device
Slovak šijací stroj
- šijací strojdevice
Spanish máquina de coser, cosedora
- máquina de coserdevice
- cosedoradevice
- yukidevice
Swahili cherehani
- cherehanidevice
Swedish symaskin
- symaskindevice
Tagalog makinang panahi, makina
- makinang panahidevice
- makinadevice
Thai จักร, จักรเย็บผ้า
- จักร (jàk)device
- จักรเย็บผ้า (jàk-yép-pâa)device
- จักรเย็บ (jàk-yép)device
Turkish dikiş makinesi
- dikiş makinesidevice
Ukrainian шва́цька маши́на, шве́йна маши́на
- шва́цька маши́на (švácʹka mašýna)device
- шве́йна маши́на (švéjna mašýna)device
Vietnamese máy may, máy khâu
- máy maydevice
- máy khâudevice
Welsh peiriant gwnïo
- peiriant gwnïodevice
Yiddish ניימאַשין
- ניימאַשין (neymashin)device
Cite this entry
APA
sewing machine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewing%20machine
MLA
“sewing machine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewing%20machine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sewing machine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sewing%20machine.
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