Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hachereau

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hachere-au
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a cleaver, similar to an ax but with a wider cutting edge

Example Sentences

"A "hachereau" or hatchet, sometimes served as a hammer."
"Bifacial tools are represented by an amigdaloid hand-axe (Figure 4.2:6), a possible biface fragment, and an atypical hachereau."
"In its essential features, this kind of implement might also be viewed as a kind of small hachereau (Type 55)."

Etymology

From French hacher, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop; hack”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“to be sharp; peg; hook; handle”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: hacher, *hakkōną, *keg-

Inflected Forms

hachereaux (plural)

Questions

What does hachereau mean?: a cleaver, similar to an ax but with a wider cutting edge
Where does hachereau come from?: It is traced to French.

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