machete

(Engels)

Noun

1. A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.
2. 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.

Verb

To cut or chop with a machete.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/məˈʃɛ.ti/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Old French: machier

Verwante met Frans: massue

In summary

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.

Sinonieme

bush knife

cutlass

matchet

knife

🔪

dao

panga

sickle

big knife

Pacific ladyfish

cheat sheet

sword

cleaver

large knife

chopper

cut down

hook

🪝

crescent

Vertalings

machette

machete

machete

coupe-coupe

Machete

maczeta

matxet

catana

machete

facão

kapmes

coupecoupe

مِحَشّ

peixeira

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