machete
English
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish machete, diminutive of macho (“sledgehammer”), from Latin mattea, possibly from mactare (“slaughter in sacrifice”); cognate with Old French machier, French massue, English mace.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /məˈʃɛ.ti/, /məˈt͡ʃɛ.ti/
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Noun
editmachete (plural machetes)
- A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick.
- A small stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal, having a double bulged body, traditionally of wood, with a small rib and four metallic strings, sometimes attached by wooden pegs.
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editVerb
editmachete (third-person singular simple present machetes, present participle macheting or macheteing, simple past and past participle macheted)
- To cut or chop with a machete.
- After some hours of intense work, we had macheted a path through the jungle to the bank of the river.
- To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete.
- You can't just machete about with a rapier and expect to succeed; you need to thrust properly.
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish machete.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmachete m (plural machetes)
Further reading
edit- “machete” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish machete.
Noun
editmachete
Finnish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish machete.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmachete
Declension
editInflection of machete (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | machete | machetet | |
genitive | macheten | machetejen | |
partitive | machetea | macheteja | |
illative | macheteen | macheteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | machete | machetet | |
accusative | nom. | machete | machetet |
gen. | macheten | ||
genitive | macheten | machetejen machetein rare | |
partitive | machetea | macheteja | |
inessive | machetessa | macheteissa | |
elative | machetesta | macheteista | |
illative | macheteen | macheteihin | |
adessive | machetella | macheteilla | |
ablative | machetelta | macheteilta | |
allative | machetelle | macheteille | |
essive | machetena | macheteina | |
translative | macheteksi | macheteiksi | |
abessive | machetetta | macheteitta | |
instructive | — | machetein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
editGalician
editEtymology
editNoun
editmachete m (plural machetes)
Derived terms
editItalian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from Spanish machete.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmachete m (invariable)
Further reading
edit- machete in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNoun
editmachete m (definite singular macheten, indefinite plural macheter, definite plural machetene)
- a machete
References
edit- “machete” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editNoun
editmachete m (definite singular macheten, indefinite plural machetar, definite plural machetane)
- a machete
References
edit- “machete” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish machete.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editmachete m (plural machetes)
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom macho (“sledgehammer”) + -ete.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmachete m (plural machetes)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Armenian: մաչետե (mačʻete)
- → Catalan: matxet
- → Czech: mačeta
- → Dutch: machete
- → English: machete
- → Esperanto: maĉeto
- → Finnish: machete
- → French: machette
- → Georgian: მაჩეტე (mačeṭe)
- → Italian: machete
- → Japanese: マチェテ (machete)
- → Macedonian: мачета (mačeta)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: machete
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: machete
- → Pochutec: mecheʹt
- → Polish: maczeta
- → Portuguese: machete
- → Tagalog: matsete
- → Russian: мачете (mačete)
- → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: machiete
- → Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: machete
Further reading
edit- “machete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
editNoun
editmachete c
- a machete (knife)
Declension
editDeclension of machete | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | machete | macheten | macheter | macheterna |
Genitive | machetes | machetens | macheters | macheternas |
References
editZacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish machete.
Noun
editmachete
References
edit- Instituto Lingüísticco de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. Méxicco: Instituto Lingüísticco de Verano, A.C., page 22
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