# chicote
## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

chicote f (plural chicotes)
* Alternative form of chicotte

### Further reading

* “chicote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

From French chicot.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃiˈkɔte/ [t͡ʃiˈkɔ.t̪ɪ]
* Rhymes: -ɔte
* Hyphenation: chi‧co‧te

### Noun

chicote m (plural chicotes)
* (nautical) extreme of a rope
    Synonym: cabo
* (nautical, by extension) rope
    Synonym: cabo
* cord
* (dated) cigar butt

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “chicote”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “chicote”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “chicote”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “chicote”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃiˈkɔ.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʃiˈkɔ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʃiˈkɔ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃiˈkɔ.tɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʃiˈkɔ.tɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /t͡ʃiˈkɔ.tɨ/
* Rhymes: -ɔt͡ʃi, -ɔtɨ
* Hyphenation: chi‧co‧te

### Etymology 1

Possibly from French chicot (“stump; stub”) or Spanish chicote (“whip”).

#### Noun

chicote m (plural chicotes)
* whip (flexible instrument used to create cracking sounds or for striking)
    Synonyms: açoite, látego, relho, habena

##### Derived terms

* chicotão (augmentative)
* chicotezinho (diminutive)
* chicotinho (diminutive)
* efeito chicote

##### Related terms

* chicotaço
* chicotada
* chicotar
* chicoteamento
* chicoteante
* chicotear

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

chicote
* inflection of chicotar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### References

* ↑ “chicote”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* ↑ “chicote”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* ↑ “chicote”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

### Further reading

* “chicote”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃiˈkote/ [t͡ʃiˈko.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ote
* Syllabification: chi‧co‧te

### Etymology 1

From chico +‎ -ote.

#### Noun

chicote m (plural chicotes, feminine chicota, feminine plural chicotas)
* (colloquial) robust young person
* (Havana, slang) robust foot odor of a young person, esp. a preadolescent male

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French chicot.

#### Noun

chicote m (plural chicotes)
* cigarette butt
* (Latin America) whip
    Synonyms: látigo, azote, fusta

##### Derived terms

* chicotazo
* chicotear

### Further reading

* “chicote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “chicote”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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