chicote

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

chicote f (plural chicotes)

1. Alternative form of chicotte

Further reading

• “chicote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From French chicot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈkɔte/ [t͡ʃiˈkɔ.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɔte
• Hyphenation: chi‧co‧te

Noun

chicote m (plural chicotes)

1. (nautical) extreme of a rope

   Synonym: cabo

2. (nautical, by extension) rope

   Synonym: cabo

3. cord
4. (dated) cigar butt

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chicote”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chicote”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chicote”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈkɔ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈkɔ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈkɔ.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈkɔ.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈkɔ.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈkɔ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: chi‧co‧te

Etymology 1

chicote

Possibly from French chicot (“stump; stub”) or from Nahuatl xicohtli (“a kind of large bee”).

Noun

chicote m (plural chicotes)

1. whip (flexible instrument used to create cracking sounds or for striking)

   Synonyms: açoite, látego, relho, habena

Derived terms

• chicotinho (diminutive), chicotezinho (diminutive)
• chicotão (augmentative)
• efeito chicote

Related terms

• chicotaço
• chicotada
• chicotar
• chicoteamento
• chicoteante
• chicotear

Etymology 2

Verb

chicote

1. inflection of chicotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈkote/ [t͡ʃiˈko.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: chi‧co‧te

Etymology 1

From chico +‎ -ote.

Noun

chicote m (plural chicotes, feminine chicota, feminine plural chicotas)

1. (colloquial) robust young person
2. (Havana, slang) robust foot odor of a young person, esp. a preadolescent male

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French chicot.

Noun

chicote m (plural chicotes)

1. cigarette butt
2. (Latin America) whip

   Synonyms: látigo, azote, fusta

Derived terms

• chicotazo
• chicotear

 

Further reading

• “chicote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014