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Grammar : Noun
Spell : muh-shet-ee, -chet-ee
Phonetic Transcription : məˈʃɛt i, -ˈtʃɛt i



Définition of machete

Origin :
  • 1590s (in pseudo-Spanish form macheto), from Spanish machete, probably a diminutive of macho "sledge hammer," alteration of mazo "club," which is probably [Barnhart] a dialectal variant of maza "mallet," from Vulgar Latin *mattea "war club" (see mace (n.1)). An alternative explanation traces macho to Latin marculus "a small hammer," diminutive of marcus "hammer," from a base parallel to that of Latin malleus (see mallet).
  • noun sickle
  • noun weapon
Example sentences :
  • Stuart expected to see the Cuban cut down with one stroke of the machete.
  • Extract from : « Plotting in Pirate Seas » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
  • These they would disable with a “machete” and then tow ashore.
  • Extract from : « Anting-Anting Stories » by Sargent Kayme
  • Why, I could do the same if I chose, with the help of my machete.
  • Extract from : « Adventures of a Young Naturalist » by Lucien Biart
  • I may get stuck with a machete yet, if I have to wait long out here.
  • Extract from : « Ahead of the Army » by W. O. Stoddard
  • It looks worth a climb, and with axe and machete we make our way to it.
  • Extract from : « The American Egypt » by Channing Arnold
  • Curumilla had cut its back sinews with a blow of his machete.
  • Extract from : « The Indian Chief » by Gustave Aimard
  • When he was beyond sight and sound, he dropped his machete and made his way as none but he could do.
  • Extract from : « Gladiator » by Philip Wylie
  • It was a machete, the tool and weapon of the bushman of Central America.
  • Extract from : « The Red Lure » by Roy J. Snell
  • Picking up the machete that lay at his feet, he felt of its edge.
  • Extract from : « The Red Lure » by Roy J. Snell
  • There was his machete, to be sure, but what was this against the claws of a man-eater?
  • Extract from : « The Red Lure » by Roy J. Snell

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