shako

English

WOTD – 15 December 2006

Shako

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French shako, from Hungarian csákó (“cylindrical military dress hat worn by the Hungarian hussars from the 18th century to World War I”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɪkəʊ/, /ˈʃɑːkəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʃeɪkoʊ/, /ˈʃɑkoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪkəʊ

Noun

shako (plural shakos or shakoes)

1. A stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.
2. (UK) A bearskin or busby.

Translations

military dress hat

• Bulgarian: ки́вер m (kíver)
• Czech: čáka (cs) f
• French: shako (fr) m
• German: Tschako (de) m
• Hungarian: csákó (hu)
• Macedonian: шако n (šako)
• Polish: czako (pl) n
• Russian: ки́вер (ru) m (kíver)

Etymology 2

From Japanese 蝦蛄 (shako), ultimately from Chinese 蝦蛄 / 虾蛄 (xiāgū).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑːkəʊ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑkoʊ/

Noun

shako (uncountable)

1. The squilla or mantis shrimp.

Anagrams

• Ashok, Hoaks, hakos, kohas, kosha

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian csákó.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.ko/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

shako m (plural shakos)

1. shako (hat)
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:

     Il rêvait à ce qu'elle avait dit et à la forme de ses lèvres; sa figure, comme en un miroir magique, brillait sur la plaque des shakos; les plis de sa robe descendaient le long des murs, et des journées d'amour se déroulaient à l'infini dans les perspectives de l'avenir.

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Further reading

• “shako”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English chess, French échec, German Schach, Italian scacco, Russian ша́хматы (šáxmaty), Spanish jaque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃako/

Noun

shako (plural shaki)

1. chessman

Derived terms

• shakoludo (“chess”)
• shakoludar (“to play chess”)
• shakoplanko (“chess board”)
• shakar (“to give a check”)

References

• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 43, 705
• Progreso VI (in Ido), 1913–1914, page 116, 298, 347

Japanese

Romanization

shako

1. Rōmaji transcription of しゃこ
2. Rōmaji transcription of シャコ