Machine producing French and English articles (5)
I believe the answer is:
lathe
'machine' is the definition.
(machine for shaping metal etc)
'french and english articles' is the wordplay.
'french and english' becomes 'l' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'articles' becomes 'a the' ('a' and 'the', indefinite and definite articles).
'l'+'athe'='LATHE'
'producing' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lathe that I've seen before include "Machine for cutting, drilling or polishing" , "This is turned out" , "Turner's tool" , "piece of machinery" , "Means for turning" .)