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.
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machete (plural machetes)
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machete (third-person singular simple present machetes, present participle macheting or macheteing, simple past and past participle macheted)
Borrowed from Spanish machete.
machete m (plural machetes)
Borrowed from Spanish machete.
machete
Borrowed from Spanish machete.
machete
Inflection of machete (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | machete | machetet | ||
genitive | macheten | machetejen | ||
partitive | machetea | macheteja | ||
illative | macheteen | macheteihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | machete | machetet | ||
accusative | nom. | machete | machetet | |
gen. | macheten | |||
genitive | macheten | machetejen macheteinrare | ||
partitive | machetea | macheteja | ||
inessive | machetessa | macheteissa | ||
elative | machetesta | macheteista | ||
illative | macheteen | macheteihin | ||
adessive | machetella | macheteilla | ||
ablative | machetelta | macheteilta | ||
allative | machetelle | macheteille | ||
essive | machetena | macheteina | ||
translative | macheteksi | macheteiksi | ||
abessive | machetetta | macheteitta | ||
instructive | — | machetein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
machete m (plural machetes)
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish machete.
machete m (invariable)
machete m (definite singular macheten, indefinite plural macheter, definite plural machetene)
machete m (definite singular macheten, indefinite plural machetar, definite plural machetane)
Borrowed from Spanish machete.
machete m (plural machetes)
From macho (“sledgehammer”) + -ete.
machete m (plural machetes)
machete c
Declension of machete | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | machete | macheten | macheter | macheterna |
Genitive | machetes | machetens | macheters | macheternas |
Borrowed from Spanish machete.
machete