machete

See also Machete

English

Wikipedia

a machete

Pronunciation

• IPA:
  • GenAm: IPA: /mə.ˈʃɛ.ti/
  • RP: IPA: /mə.ˈʃɛ.tɪ/
• Schoolbook Phonetics:
  • GenAm: (mu̇shĕʹtē)
• Last Resort Phonetics:
  • GenAm: muh-SHEH-tee

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Etymology

Probably the diminutive of Spanish macho (“sledgehammer”), from Latin masculus, diminutive of classical mās, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂s

Noun

machete (plural machetes)

1. A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion. A machete's blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters (cm) long, and up to three millimeters (mm) thick.

Synonyms

• bolo

Translations

a sword-like tool

Arabic: مِحَشّ (ar) (miħášš) m. Armenian: մաչետե (hy) (mačete) Chamicuro: sapla Chinese: Mandarin: 大砍刀 (cmn) (dàkǎndāo), 彎刀 (cmn), 弯刀 (cmn) (wāndāo), 寬刃刀 (cmn), 宽刃刀 (cmn) (kuānrèndāo) Croatian: mačeta (hr) Czech: mačeta (cs) f. Dutch: kapmes (nl) n. Esperanto: maĉeto Finnish: viidakkoveitsi (fi) French: machette (fr) Georgian: მაჩეტე (ka) (mačete) German: Machete (de) f. Hebrew: סכין (he)

Hungarian: machete (hu), bozótvágó kés (hu) Italian: machete (it) m. Japanese: マチェテ (ja) (machete) Krio: kohtlas Lithuanian: mačetė (lt) Macedonian: мачета (mk) (mačéta) f. Persian: کارد بزرگ و سنگين Polish: maczeta (pl) f. Portuguese: catana (pt) f., facão (pt) m. Russian: мачете (ru) (mačétɛ) m. and n. Spanish: machete (es) m. Swahili: panga (sw) Swedish: machete (sv) Thai: พร้า (práa), มีดพร้า (mêet práa)

See also

• bolo
• cleaver
• golok (Indonesian)
• knife
• hatchet
• parang

Verb

machete (third-person singular simple present machetes, present participle macheting, simple past and past participle macheted)

1. 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.

2. 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.

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Finnish

Noun

machete

1. machete

Declension

Declension of machete (irregular) singular plural nominative machete machetet genitive macheten macheteiden machetejen partitive machetea macheteja accusative machete macheten machetet inessive machetessa macheteissa elative machetesta macheteista illative macheteen macheteihin adessive machetella macheteilla ablative machetelta macheteilta allative machetelle macheteille essive machetena macheteina translative macheteksi macheteiksi instructive – machetein abessive machetetta macheteitta comitative – macheteineen

Synonyms

• viidakkoveitsi

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Italian

Noun

machete m. inv.

1. machete

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maˈtʃe.te/

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Noun

machete m. (plural machetes)

1. machete
2. mediocre method for obtaining somewhat accurate results. shortcut