machete en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Spanish machete, diminutive of macho (“sledgehammer”), from Latin mattea, possibly from mactare (“slaughter in sacrifice”); cognate with Old French machier, French massue, English mace.
Meanings
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A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.
It breaks loose one rope at a time, haphazardly, tossing the Filipinos up into the air. A boy with a machete cuts the one remaining line, which pops up and lashes him across the face.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 384:Near-synonyms: (all sometimes or regionally synonymous) bolo, golok, panga, parang, sundang
- A small stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal, having a double bulged body, traditionally of wood, with a small rib and four metallic strings, sometimes attached by wooden pegs.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| machetes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hypernyms
Relateds
fascine knife · hatchet · cleaver
Synonyms
golok · bolo · parang · panga · sundang
Translations (69)
it machete (a sword-like tool) · tl sundang (a sword-like tool) · hu bozótvágó kés (a sword-like tool) · sw panga (a sword-like tool) · hu machete (a sword-like tool) · om gajaraa (a sword-like tool) · pt machete (a sword-like tool) · cmn 大砍刀 (a sword-like tool) · tfr drön (a sword-like tool) · fa کارد بزرگ و سنگین (a sword-like tool) · de Machete (a sword-like tool) · yue 關刀 /关刀 (a sword-like tool) · zdj putshari (a sword-like tool) · kix shō (a sword-like tool) · cy twca (a sword-like tool) · fr machette (a sword-like tool) · quc machet, muru, ch'ich' (a sword-like tool) · mk маче́та (a sword-like tool) · fi viidakkoveitsi (a sword-like tool) · hu macséta (a sword-like tool) · km លៀម (a sword-like tool) · cmn 彎刀 /弯刀 (a sword-like tool) · nb machete (a sword-like tool) · is sveðja (a sword-like tool) · mr मचेटे (a sword-like tool) · ca matxet (a sword-like tool) · ar مِحَشّ (a sword-like tool) · hy մաչետե (a sword-like tool) · he מצ׳טה (a sword-like tool) · gl machete (a sword-like tool) · ka მაჩეტე (a sword-like tool) · bg маче́тe (a sword-like tool) · pt catana (a sword-like tool) · ja マチェテ (a sword-like tool) · zro sa̲hwere (a sword-like tool) · uk маче́те (a sword-like tool) · ja 鉈 (a sword-like tool) · tr pala (a sword-like tool) · th มีดพร้า (a sword-like tool) · cs mačeta (a sword-like tool) · gl talladeira (a sword-like tool) · cwa empanga class 9 (a sword-like tool) · sv machete (a sword-like tool) · pt facão (a sword-like tool) · th พร้า (a sword-like tool) · fr coupe-coupe (a sword-like tool) · el ματσέτα (a sword-like tool) · sq thikare (a sword-like tool) · vi rựa (a sword-like tool) · nl kapmes (a sword-like tool) · el μαχαίρα (a sword-like tool) · ru маче́те (a sword-like tool) · nn machete (a sword-like tool) · wa matchete (a sword-like tool) · ulw tulh (a sword-like tool) · pl maczeta (a sword-like tool) · eo maĉeto (a sword-like tool) · ko 마체테 (a sword-like tool) · ikz risabha class 5 (a sword-like tool) · kri kɔtlas (a sword-like tool) · cmn 寬刃刀 /宽刃刀 (a sword-like tool) · yua máaskab (a sword-like tool) · lt mačetė (a sword-like tool) · ccc sapla (a sword-like tool) · yue 大柄刀 (a sword-like tool) · sh mačeta (a sword-like tool) · es machete (a sword-like tool) · ht manchèt (a sword-like tool) · trv slmadac (a sword-like tool)