noun🔗ShareMachines à écrireA device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper."My grandfather collects old typewriters and loves to show me how they work. "Mon grand-père collectionne de vieilles machines à écrire et adore me montrer comment elles fonctionnent.technologymachinewritingdevicecommunicationitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareDactylographeOne who uses a typewriter; a typist."In the old movie, you can see the typewriters working quickly in the busy office, clacking away at their machines. "Dans le vieux film, on peut voir les dactylographes travailler rapidement dans le bureau animé, tapant sur leurs machines.jobmachinewritingcommunicationpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMitrailleuseA machine gun (from the noise it makes when firing)."During the war movie, the soldiers called the rapid-firing machine guns "typewriters" because of their chattering sound. "Pendant le film de guerre, les soldats appelaient les mitrailleuses à tir rapide des « mitrailleuses » à cause de leur bruit de mitraillage.militaryweaponmachinewarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMachine à écrireA prank in which fingers are jabbed roughly onto someone's chest followed by striking them over the ear in imitation of using an old-fashioned typewriter.""The older brothers were warned to stop giving their younger sister typewriters, as she found them painful and annoying." "Les grands frères ont été avertis d'arrêter de faire des machines à écrire à leur jeune sœur, car elle les trouvait douloureuses et ennuyeuses.entertainmentactionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
