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Machete

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Ma-che′te

(mȧ-shĕt′ē̍; Sp. mȧ-chā′tā̍)
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Noun.
[Sp.]
A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, – used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes.
J. Stevens.

Syn. – matchet.

Definition 2024

Machete

Machete

See also: machete

German

Noun

Machete f ‎(genitive Machete, plural Macheten)

  1. machete

machete

machete

See also: Machete

English

a machete

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.

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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.

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

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Italian

Noun

machete m ‎(invariable)

  1. machete

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Spanish machete

Noun

machete m ‎(definite singular macheten, indefinite plural macheter, definite plural machetene)

  1. a machete

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Spanish machete

Noun

machete m ‎(definite singular macheten, indefinite plural machetar, definite plural machetane)

  1. a machete

References

Spanish

Etymology

macho +‎ -ete

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈtʃe.te/

Noun

machete m ‎(plural machetes)

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

Etymology

From Spanish machete.

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