mattock en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmætək/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English mattok (“mattock, pickaxe”), from Old English mattuc, meottoc, mettoc (“mattock, fork, trident”), from Proto-West Germanic *mattjuk (“mattock, ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to cut, reap”). Related to Old High German medela (“plough”), Middle High German metze, metz (“knife”), Latin mateola (“implement for digging in the soil”), Polish motyka (“hoe, mattock”), Russian моты́га (motýga, “hoe, mattock”), Lithuanian matikkas (“mattock”), Sanskrit मत्य (matyà, “harrow, roller, club”). More at mason.
Meanings
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An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.
Workmen, breaking up an old floor, have come to him, mattocks in their hands, dismayed: ‘Mr Richard, see what we have turned up ...’
2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 695:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mattocks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Descendants
Translations (67)
de Hacke (agricultural tool) · de Deichsel (agricultural tool) · de Rodehacke (agricultural tool) · my ပေါက်တူး (agricultural tool) · fi kuokka (agricultural tool) · pl oskard (agricultural tool) · sq qylyk (agricultural tool) · bg мотика (agricultural tool) · crh (northern dialect also şoqaman) qazma (agricultural tool) · io haueto (agricultural tool) · de Dexel (agricultural tool) · grc σμινύη (agricultural tool) · ru моты́га (agricultural tool) · grc δίκελλα (agricultural tool) · hu csákány (agricultural tool) · ang mattuc (agricultural tool) · gl sacho (agricultural tool) · de Karst (agricultural tool) · ru киркомоты́га (agricultural tool) · it piccone (agricultural tool) · grc μάκελλα (agricultural tool) · pdt Hak (agricultural tool) · lv kaplis (agricultural tool) · mi mātiki (agricultural tool) · ro sapă (agricultural tool) · ar مِعْوَل (agricultural tool) · sk motyka (agricultural tool) · de Queraxt (agricultural tool) · az kətmən (agricultural tool) · nl hak (agricultural tool) · ro târnăcop (agricultural tool) · tr gedmen (agricultural tool) · fr pioche-hache (agricultural tool) · enm mattok (agricultural tool) · fi kaksiteräinen kuokka (agricultural tool) · izh kookka (agricultural tool) · de Dechsel (agricultural tool) · es azadón (agricultural tool) · el αξίνα (agricultural tool) · uk біґа (agricultural tool) · ota كدمان (agricultural tool) · ml കൂന്താലി (agricultural tool) · de Krummaxt (agricultural tool) · cy caib (agricultural tool) · es zapapico (agricultural tool) · de Breithacke (agricultural tool) · ga láí (agricultural tool) · az alaqvuran (agricultural tool) · fa میتین (agricultural tool) · de Mattock (agricultural tool) · ja マトック (agricultural tool) · cmn 鶴嘴鋤 /鹤嘴锄 (agricultural tool) · pl motyka (agricultural tool) · fi kaksipäinen kuokka (agricultural tool) · az toxa (agricultural tool) · nb hakke (agricultural tool) · pt sacho (agricultural tool) · az alaqkeş (agricultural tool) · es zapa (agricultural tool) · cs motyka (agricultural tool) · ga matóg (agricultural tool) · la ligō (agricultural tool) · eo pikfosilo (agricultural tool) · de Haue (agricultural tool) · es azada (agricultural tool) · hy բրիչ (agricultural tool) · ca aixadella (agricultural tool)