mache

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See also: Mache, maché, mâche, mâché, and mǎchē

English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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mache

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

Etymology 2

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From German Mache, surname of Heinrich Mache.

Noun

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mache

  1. (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.

Etymology 3

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Compare Tagalog matse, Cebuano masi, Kapampangan mutsi (moche). See also buchi, muah chee, Hokkien 麻糍 (môa-chî).

Noun

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mache

  1. (Philippines) Glutinous rice balls flavoured with coconut and pandan.
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Anagrams

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Alemannic German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare German machen, Dutch maken, English make, West Frisian meitsje.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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mache

  1. to do
  2. to make

German

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Pronunciation

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

Verb

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mache

  1. inflection of machen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Haitian Creole

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From French mâcher (chew).

Verb

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mache

  1. chew

Etymology 2

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From French marcher (walk, work).

Verb

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mache

  1. walk
  2. work (function correctly)

Etymology 3

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From French marché (market).

Noun

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mache

  1. market

Hunsrik

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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mache

  1. to make
  2. to do
    Was machst du?
    What are you doing?

Inflection

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Regular
infinitive mache
participle gemach
auxiliary hon
present
indicative
imperative
ich mache
du machst mach
er/sie/es machd
meer mache
deer machd machd
sie mache
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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mache

  1. Alternative form of macche

Etymology 2

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Noun

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mache

  1. Alternative form of mecche

Etymology 3

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Noun

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mache

  1. Alternative form of meche

Old French

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Noun

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

  1. (Picardy) Alternative form of mace

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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Compare German machen, Dutch maken, English make, West Frisian meitsje.

Verb

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mache

  1. to make
  2. to do

Sathmar Swabian

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Verb

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mache

  1. to make

References

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  • Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

Spanish

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Verb

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mache

  1. inflection of machar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative