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machicote

UK/matʃɪˈkəʊti/

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Canada/mætʃəˈkoːdi/

machicote noun: an underskirt worn by some Native American girls and women.

Noun

machicote (plural machicotes)

  1. (Canada, US, historical) An underskirt worn by some Native American girls and women.

Forms of machicote

pluralmachicotes

Origin of machicote

Borrowed from Ojibwe majigoodenh (“dress”), from Proto-Algonquian *-iko·tay (“skirt”), with an empty prefix and contemptive suffix.

Questions about machicote

What does machicote mean?
Machicote means an underskirt worn by some Native American girls and women.
What part of speech is machicote?
Machicote is a noun.
How do you pronounce machicote?
Machicote is pronounced /mætʃəˈkoːdi/ (Canada).
What is the plural of machicote?
The plural of machicote is machicotes.

Words near machicote in the dictionary

  1. machicolates
  2. machicolating
  3. machicolation
  4. machicolations
  5. machicotage
  6. machicote
  7. machicotes
  8. machicoulis
  9. machicoulises
  10. Machida
  11. Machiguenga

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