chicote

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

chicote f (plural chicotes)

  1. Alternative form of chicotte

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Galician

Etymology

From French chicot.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈkɔte/
  • Rhymes: -ɔte
  • Hyphenation: chi‧co‧te

Noun

chicote m (plural chicotes)

  1. (nautical) extreme of a rope
    Synonym: cabo
  2. (nautical, by extension) rope
    Synonym: cabo
  3. cord
  4. (dated) cigar butt

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “chicote”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: chi‧co‧te

Etymology 1

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chicote

Possibly from French chicot (stump; stub) or from Nahuatl xicohtli (a kind of large bee).

Noun

chicote m (plural chicotes)

  1. whip (flexible instrument used to create cracking sounds or for striking)
    Synonyms: açoite, látego, relho, habena
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

chicote

  1. inflection of chicotar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈkote/
  • Rhymes: -ote
  • Syllabification: chi‧co‧te

Etymology 1

From chico +‎ -ote.

Noun

chicote m (plural chicotes, feminine chicota, feminine plural chicotas)

  1. (colloquial) robust young person
  2. (Havana, slang) robust foot odor of a young person, esp. a preadolescent male

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French chicot.

Noun

chicote m (plural chicotes)

  1. cigarette butt
  2. (Latin America) whip
    Synonyms: látigo, azote, fusta
Derived terms

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