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Definition of machin-chose - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

personne inconnue

Informal

mot familier pour désigner une personne dont on ignore le nom

Informal

J'ai croisé machin-chose au supermarché, tu sais, le voisin du troisième.

trucmuche

untel

objet inconnu

Informal

mot familier pour désigner un objet dont on ignore le nom

Informal

Passe-moi ce machin-chose qui traîne sur la table, s'il te plaît.

bidule

truc

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Origin of machin-chose

français, machin (objet indéfini) + chose (objet)

Examples of machin-chose in a sentence

Machin-chose a encore oublié ses clés.
Tu as vu machin-chose à la réunion hier ?
J'ai cassé le machin-chose en voulant l'utiliser.
Ce machin-chose sert à ouvrir les bouteilles.

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English:what's-his-name, thingamajig, ...
German:Dingsbums, ...
Italian:tizio, cosetto, ...
Spanish:fulano, cacharro, ...
Portuguese:fulano, coisa, ...
Chinese:陌生人, 那个东西, ...
Japanese:誰それ, アレ, ...
Arabic:فلان, شيء ما, ...
Hebrew:מִישֶׁהוּ, זֶה שֶׁם-דָּבָר, ...
Russian:этот тип, штуковина, ...
Ukrainian:той-то, ця штука, ...
Catalan:fulano, trasto, ...
Dutch:dinges, ding, ...
Greek:τάδε, αυτό το πράγμα, ...
Korean:아무개, 뭐시기, ...
Polish:gość, cośtam, ...
Portuguese (BR):coisa, troço, ...
Romanian:cutare, chestie, ...
Thai:ใครก็ไม่รู้, อะไรนั่น, ...
Turkish:adı neydi, zımbırtı, ...
Vietnamese:người nọ, cái gì đó, ...

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Definition of machin-chose - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Origin of machin-chose

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