macho
French
noun
Definitions
- One who is excessively or aggressively masculine or misogynistic; a chauvinist.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian macho (male) derived from Latin masculus (male, a male, masculine).
Origin
Latin
masculus
Gloss
male, a male, masculine
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
雄
Emoji
🐏
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- macho English
- masclus Latin
- masculetum Latin
- masculus Latin
- mās Latin
- Macho German
- macho Italian
- masculo Italian
- macho Dutch, Flemish
- machisme French
- machiste French
- мачо Russian
- machete Spanish, Castilian
- machirulo Spanish, Castilian
- machismo Spanish, Castilian
- macho Spanish, Castilian
- marimacho Spanish, Castilian
- másculo Portuguese
- マッチョ Japanese
- macho Polish
- malle Old French
- mascul Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mascur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- matso Cebuano
- mashkull Albanian
- mascur Aromanian
- mas-cio Venetian
- mascur Megleno-Romanian
- machó Copala Triqui