Meaning

6 senses
  1. (historical)A manual worker; a labourer or artisan.

  2. Someone who builds or repairs machinery, a technician; now specifically, someone who works with and repairs the mechanical parts of a motor vehicle, aircraft or similar.

    Mechaniker, Mechanikerin

    меха́никmexánik

    меха́нікmexánik

  3. A device, method or means; a function.

  4. A device, method or means; a function.

    A function, rule or other implementation that dictates gameplay; a ludeme, a feature.

    This game has a mechanic where if you run toward a ledge you automatically jump off rather than just falling.

  5. (slang)A hitman.

  6. A cheat who manipulates the cards or dice.

More definitions
  • a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools
  • someone whose occupation is repairing and maintaining automobiles

Examples

155 sentences
  1. You're not a very good mechanic.

    Ти не дуже добрий механік.

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  2. Tom wanted to be a mechanic.

    Том хотів стати механіком.

    deTom wollte Mechaniker werden.

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  3. Tom is a mechanic.

    Том — механік.

    ruТом - механик.

    deTom ist Mechaniker.

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  4. The mechanic assembled the engine.

    Механік зібрав двигун.

    deDer Mechaniker setzte den Motor zusammen.

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  5. I'm a mechanic.

    Я механік.

    ruЯ механик.

    deIch bin Mechaniker.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
skilled worker on machinery:
Русский
By meaning 1
skilled worker on machinery:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
skilled worker on machinery:

Origin

From Middle English mekanyk (“mechanical”), from Old French mecanique, from Latin mechanic

From Middle English mekanyk (“mechanical”), from Old French mecanique, from Latin mechanicus (“of or belonging to machines or mechanics, inventive”), from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines or contrivance, mechanic, ingenious, inventive”), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, contrivance”); see machine.

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Forms

plural: mechanics
Singularmechanic
Pluralmechanics

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • is a mechanic
  • car mechanic
  • good car mechanic
  • a car mechanic
  • a mechanic are

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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