mache

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See also: Mache, maché, mâche, mâché, and mǎchē

English

Etymology 1

Noun

mache

  1. Alternative spelling of mâche
    • 1988 May 27, Sondra Rosenberg, “Restaurant Tours: a bargain verging on a steal”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      The ballotine […] came bathed in a light dill cream and garnished with mache leaves and arugula.

Etymology 2

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From German Mache, surname of Heinrich Mache.

Noun

mache

  1. (dated) A former unit of volumic radioactivity: the quantity of radon (ignoring its daughters) per litre of air which ionizes a sustained current of 0.001 esu.

Etymology 3

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Compare Tagalog matse, Cebuano masi, Kapampangan mutsi (“moche”). See also buchi, muah chee, Hokkien 麻糍 (môa-chî).

Noun

mache

  1. (Philippines) Glutinous rice balls flavoured with coconut and pandan.
Alternative forms

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare German machen, Dutch maken, English make, West Frisian meitsje.

Pronunciation

Verb

mache

  1. to do
  2. to make

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaχə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aχə
  • Hyphenation: ma‧che

Verb

mache

  1. inflection of machen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From French mâcher (“chew”).

Verb

mache

  1. chew

Etymology 2

From French marcher (“walk, work”).

Verb

mache

  1. walk
  2. work (function correctly)

Etymology 3

From French marché (“market”).

Noun

mache

  1. market

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Verb

mache

  1. to make
  2. to do
    Was machst du?
    What are you doing?

Inflection

Regular
infinitive mache
participle gemach
auxiliary hon
present
indicative 		imperative
ich mache —
du machst mach
er/sie/es machd —
meer mache —
deer machd machd
sie mache —
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

mache

  1. Alternative form of macche

Etymology 2

Noun

mache

  1. Alternative form of mecche

Etymology 3

Noun

mache

  1. Alternative form of meche

Old French

Noun

mache oblique singular, f (oblique plural maches, nominative singular mache, nominative plural maches)

  1. (Picardy) Alternative form of mace

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German machen, Dutch maken, English make, West Frisian meitsje.

Verb

mache

  1. to make
  2. to do

Sathmar Swabian

Verb

mache

  1. to make

References

  • Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

Spanish

Verb

mache

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