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mache

mache

See also: maché, mâche, mâché, and mǎchē

English

Noun

mache

  1. Alternative spelling of mâche
    • 1988, May 27, “Sondra Rosenberg”, in Restaurant Tours: a bargain verging on a steal:
      The ballotine [] came bathed in a light dill cream and garnished with mache leaves and arugula.
  2. (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.

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German

Pronunciation

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

Verb

mache

  1. First-person singular present of machen.
  2. Imperative singular of machen.
  3. First-person singular subjunctive I of machen.
  4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of machen.

Haitian Creole

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

Old French

Noun

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

  1. (Picardy) Alternative form of mace

Sathmar Swabian

Verb

mache

  1. to make

References

  • Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

Spanish

Verb

mache

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of machar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of machar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of machar.