machete
English edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
machete (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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Verb edit
machete (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 edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish machete.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
machete m (plural machetes)
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish machete.
Noun edit
machete
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish machete.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
machete
Declension edit
Inflection 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 macheteinrare | ||
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. |
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Galician edit
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Noun edit
machete m (plural machetes)
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish machete.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
machete m (invariable)
Further reading edit
- machete in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
machete m (definite singular macheten, indefinite plural macheter, definite plural machetene)
- a machete
References edit
- “machete” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
machete m (definite singular macheten, indefinite plural machetar, definite plural machetane)
- a machete
References edit
- “machete” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish machete.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
machete m (plural machetes)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From macho (“sledgehammer”) + -ete.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
machete m (plural machetes)
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Descendants 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 edit
Noun edit
machete c
- a machete (knife)
Declension edit
Declension of machete | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | machete | macheten | macheter | macheterna |
Genitive | machetes | machetens | macheters | macheternas |
References edit
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish machete.
Noun edit
machete
References edit
- Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 22