Definition
A large, flat blade with a handle, used for cutting through thick vegetation or as a tool in farming.
Etymology
From Spanish 'machete,' possibly from Portuguese or Arabic 'mashah' (an implement). The word entered English through contact with Caribbean and Latin American cultures in the 1600s.
Kelly Says
The machete is one of those tools that's so perfectly adapted to its job that it hasn't changed much in 400 years—and it's interesting that the word came into English from Spanish traders in the Caribbean, showing how tools and their names travel along trade routes.
Translations
BNবাংলা
ম্যাকিটে
ma-che-te
CACatalà
machete
ma-che-te
CSČeština
machete
ma-che-te
DADansk
machete
ma-che-te
DEDeutsch
Machete
ma-che-te
ELΕλληνικά
ματσέτα
ma-che-ta
ESEspañol
machete
ma-che-te
FISuomi
machete
ma-che-te
FRFrançais
machete
ma-che-te
HIहिन्दी
माचेते
ma-che-te
HUMagyar
machete
ma-che-te
IDBahasa Indonesia
machete
ma-che-te
ITItaliano
machete
ma-che-te
MSBahasa Melayu
machete
ma-che-te
NLNederlands
machete
ma-che-te
NONorsk
machete
ma-che-te
PLPolski
machete
ma-che-te
PTPortuguês
machete
ma-che-te
RORomână
machete
ma-che-te
RUРусский
мачете
ma-che-te
SVSvenska
machete
ma-che-te
SWKiswahili
machete
ma-che-te
TRTürkçe
machete
ma-che-te
UKУкраїнська
мачете
ma-che-te
VITiếng Việt
machete
ma-che-te