chicote
French
Noun
chicote f (plural chicotes)
- Alternative form of chicotte
Further reading
- “chicote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology
From French chicot.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈkɔte̝/
Noun
chicote m (plural chicotes)
- (nautical) extreme of a rope
- Synonym: cabo
- (nautical, by extension) rope
- Synonym: cabo
- cord
- (dated) cigar butt
References
- “chicote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “chicote” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “chicote” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “chicote”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃiˈkɔ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃiˈkɔ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃiˈkɔ.t(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: chi‧co‧te
Etymology 1
chicote
Possibly from French chicot (“stump; stub”) or from Nahuatl xicohtli (“a kind of large bee”).
Noun
chicote m (plural chicotes)
- whip (flexible instrument used to create cracking sounds or for striking)
- Synonyms: açoite, látego, relho, habena
Derived terms
- chicotinho (diminutive), chicotezinho (diminutive)
- chicotão (augmentative)
- efeito chicote
Related terms
- chicotaço
- chicotada
- chicotar
- chicoteamento
- chicoteante
- chicotear
Verb
chicote
- inflection of chicotar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈkote/ [t͡ʃiˈko.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ote
- Syllabification: chi‧co‧te
Etymology 1
From chico + -ote.
Noun
chicote m (plural chicotes, feminine chicota, feminine plural chicotas)
- (colloquial) robust young person
- (Havana, slang) robust foot odor of a young person, esp. a preadolescent male
Etymology 2
From French chicot.
Noun
chicote m (plural chicotes)
- cigarette butt
- (Latin America) whip
- Synonyms: látigo, azote, fusta
Derived terms
- chicotazo
- chicotear
Further reading
- “chicote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014