hatchet

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A small, light axe with a short handle; a tomahawk.
2. (figuratively) Belligerence, animosity; harsh criticism.

Verb

To cut with a hatchet.

Concepten

bijl

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hakbijl

aks

handbijl

Synoniemen

axe

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ax

tomahawk

battle-axe

chopper

small axe

adze

head

mattock

pickax

pickaxe

poleax

broad hatchet

do down

half hatchet

axe head

battle-ax

carpet

cleaver

cut off

halberd

Vertalingen

Beil

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accetta

hacha

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ascia

🪓

hache

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hachette

Axt

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machado

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balta

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cognée

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scure

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τσεκούρι

destral

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈhæt͡ʃɪt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: hachet

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: happa

Verwant aan Duits: Hippe

Verwant aan Nederlands: heep

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: κοπίς

In summary

From Middle English hachet, a borrowing from Old French hachete, diminutive of hache (“axe”), from Vulgar Latin *happia, from Frankish *happjā, from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ, *habjǭ (“knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *kop- (“to strike, to beat”). Cognate with Old High German happa, heppa, habba (“reaper, sickle”), German Hippe (“billhook”), Dutch heep, hiep (“billhook”), and Ancient Greek κοπίς (kopís). Mostly displaced native Old English handæx, whence Modern English hand axe.