different between mattock vs machete

English

Etymology

From Middle English mattok (“mattock, pickaxe”), from Old English mattuc, meottoc, mettac (“mattock, fork, trident”), from Proto-Germanic *mattukaz (“mattock, ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *matn-, *mat- (“a hoe, ploughshare”). 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 ??????? (motýga, “hoe, mattock”), Lithuanian matikkas (“mattock”), Sanskrit ???? (matyà, “harrow, roller, club”). More at mason.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæt?k/

Noun

mattock (plural mattocks)

1. An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.

Translations

Verb

mattock (third-person singular simple present mattocks, present participle mattocking, simple past and past participle mattocked)

1. To cut or dig with a mattock.

See also

• adze
• hoe
• pick
• twibill

Further reading

• Mattock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mattocks on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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