different between machete vs matchet

English

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m????.ti/, /m??t??.ti/

Noun

machete (plural machetes)

1. A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick.

Synonyms

• bolo
• sundang

Translations

See also

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

Verb

machete (third-person singular simple present machetes, present participle macheting or macheteing, 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.

Anagrams

• meetcha

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish machete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m????.t?/
• Hyphenation: ma?che?te
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

machete m (plural machetes)

1. machete

   Synonym: kapmes

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish machete

Noun

machete

1. machete.

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish machete.

Noun

machete

1. machete

Declension

Synonyms

• viidakkoveitsi

Galician

Etymology

macho +? -ete

Noun

machete m (plural machetes)

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

Derived terms

• machetada

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish machete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?t??e.te/, /ma?t???.te/
• Rhymes: -ete, -?te

Noun

machete m (invariable)

1. machete

References

• machete in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Spanish machete

Noun

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

1. a machete

References

• “machete” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Spanish machete

Noun

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

1. a machete

References

• “machete” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish machete.

Noun

machete m (plural machetes)

1. machete

Spanish

Etymology

macho +? -ete

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?t??ete/, [ma?t??e.t?e]

Noun

machete m (plural machetes)

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

Derived terms

• machetazo

Descendants

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish machete.

Noun

machete

1. machete

References

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán?^[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 22

English

Noun

matchet (plural matchets)

1. machete

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• matcha

Verb

matchet

1. inflection of matche:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle