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mech¹

  • /mɛk/

Rhymes with -ɛk

Where it comes from

Ultimately from mechanical, mechanic, perhaps via mecha.

noun mechs

  1. countable, uncountable A large piloted combat robot.
  2. countable, uncountable A robot. But I reprogrammed the recognition codes, and they won't treat him as Roubor Transic, nor will they obey any order he gives them. He's Mr. X to the mechs, a casual human to be taken care of just as well as possible, but never, never released.

    Similar: robot

  3. abbreviation, clipping, countable, uncountable Clipping of mechanic Yes, Switchitis. It's a highly contagious disease which can affect all propeller mechs. This disease can be costly, but usually not to the mechs. They're just the carriers. The people most affected by this disease are the flightcrews – those fearless adventurers who go flying around in machines that
  4. abbreviation, clipping, uncountable Clipping of mechanics
  5. abbreviation, clipping, countable, uncountable Clipping of (derailleur) mechanism front/rear mech

adjective

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of mechanical
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of mechanized

Mech²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Bengali মেচ (mec), from Sanskrit म्ले॒च्छ (mlecchá). Doublet of mleccha.

noun Meche

  1. plural, plural only An ethnic group belonging to the Bodo-Kachari group of peoples; one of the scheduled tribes of India.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mecha, robot, warbot, walker, giant robot, battlemech, android, war machine, exosuit, exoskeleton, droid, automaton, mechanical, man-bot, mobot, mech.

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@misc{mech_2026,
  title = {mech},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mech},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}