azote

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (masculine) whip, lash, scourge (multi-tailed whip, especially when used by flagellants for mortification of the sinful flesh)
2. (countable, masculine) lash (stroke with a whip)
3. (masculine, uncountable) spanking, licking, thrashing (severe beating)
4. (masculine) calamity, scourge (event that causes great trouble and suffering, such as pestilence)

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of azotar:
2. (form-of, imperative, singular, third-person) inflection of azotar:

Concepts

fouet

fléau

fessée

menace

coup de fouet

Synonymes

látigo

plaga

chicote

latigazo

verdugo

zurriago

calamidad

rejo

desastre

fusta

Coupé comme

a‧zo‧te

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/aˈθote/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Emprunté à arabe: سَوْط

Appartenant à portugais: açoite

In summary

Borrowed from Arabic السَوْط (as-sawṭ, “whip, cane”). Compare Portuguese açoite.